Native American, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloans), ca. 1200 to 1300 CE. A fine pottery mug of a miniature form shaped via the traditional coil-and-scrape technique. The vessel presents with a round but stable base, tapered walls topped with a thick rim, and a slender handle arching off one side. The white-ground exterior is decorated with a register of slanted fins and triangular nubs along the bottom as well as a program of inverted, crosshatched triangles along the top; the handle also features soft black stripes. Size: 1.9" W x 2.7" H (4.8 cm x 6.9 cm)

Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection

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Loss to area of rim as shown. Abrasions and fading to pigment commensurate with age, with light earthen encrustations, and small nicks to body and handle. Nice preservation to most black motifs.