Caddo Pottery Jar - Incised Triangle and Brushed Body

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Native American, Caddo, ca. 1400–1700 CE. A rounded earthenware jar rises from a softly tapering base to an everted, gently flaring rim, its surface a quiet record of the potter's hand. Beneath the lip, encircling bands of punctate and zoned incising frame the neck, a crisp ribbon of ornament set against the burnished collar. Below, the swelling body is given over to brushed and vertically combed striations that pull downward like windswept grass, catching fire-clouds of soot and tan across the buff ground. Built by coiling and pit-fired, the vessel served domestic ends, the storage and serving of food and drink within a Caddo household of the Trans-Mississippi South. Its restrained geometry and textural body speak to a ceramic tradition prized for technical control and an understated, confident sense of design. Size: 7.6" H x 7" Diam (19.3 cm H x 17.8 cm Diam). The Caddo peoples of the Red River valley, spanning present-day eastern Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, produced some of the most accomplished pottery in pre-contact North America. Their workshops are known for fine pastes, lustrous burnishing, and a vocabulary of engraved scrolls, punctations, and brushed surfaces. The combed or brushed treatment seen across this body is characteristic of utilitarian jar forms, where vertical striations both decorated the surface and improved grip and durability, while the neatly incised neck registered the potter's care for proportion and finish. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.).For those not using LiveAuctioneers' Live Ship program, Artemis Fine Arts offers expert in-house packing and worldwide shipping. With over 20 years of experience, our team provides careful, reliable, and affordable service. For a quick quote on this lot, please contact support@artemisfinearts.com prior to the auction, or call 720-890-7700. PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item #203167

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