- NATIVE AMERICAN MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY
NATIVE AMERICAN MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY BOTTLE Native American Caddoan Mississippian Culture red clay pottery bottle or vase, inscribed to underside: "Smithport Bottle / Miller Co. Ark." Flake losses and splitting to clay at neck.
- NATIVE AMERICAN MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY
NATIVE AMERICAN MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY VASE Native American Mississippian Culture red clay pottery vase or jug. 10.25" H x 10" diameter. Flake losses.
- Quapaw style Mississippian Pottery vase,
Quapaw style Mississippian Pottery vase, red, black & white decoration, rounded but stable base, unmarked, 11-1/2" h
- MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY HOODED EFFIGY
MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY HOODED EFFIGY VESSELNative American, American Midwest and Southeast, Mississippian, ca. 11th to 14h century CE. A delightful pottery vessel presenting a unique form with a globular body, an attenuated neck, and a slanted rim that creates a hooded effect. Enveloped in a hue of gray. Size: 5.5" Diameter x 6.6" H (14 cm x 16.8 cm)
Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection
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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#171481
Condition:
Repaired with restoration. Expected nicks, pitting, and abrasions, all commensurate with age. Nice encrustations to interior. Collection label on base.
- RARE MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY JARNative
RARE MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY JARNative American, American Midwest and Southeast, Mississippian, ca. 11th to 14th century CE. A lovely grayware jar featuring a bulbous body, a curved shoulder, a straight neck, and a gently flared rim, all sitting upon a round yet stable base. A series of 4 applied, strap-form handles surround the neck of the vessel, vertically stretching from the top of the shoulder to the rim. Size: 8.7" Diameter x 7" H (22.1 cm x 17.8 cm)
Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#171349
Condition:
Professionally repaired and restored. Expected nicks, scratches, and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice.
- MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY BOWL WOUNDED HAWK,
MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY BOWL WOUNDED HAWK, TL'DNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, Mound Builders, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. An exemplary, hand-built pottery bowl boasting a flat, circular base, a bulbous body, and a gently flared, annular rim. The head of a bird, perhaps a duck or a hawk, sprouts from one side of the rim in the position known as the wounded hawk. Depicted as though laying on its back, the avian animal displays a large beak pointed inward, an incised, target-motif eye, and a curved crest feather. A sizable tail protrudes from the other side of the rim, presenting a rounded, trapezoidal shape that is incised with vertical lines to represent feathers. Both the head and tail of the creature serve as handles for the vessel. Size: 7.875" in diameter x 4.875" H (20 cm x 12.4 cm)
A similar example can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession number 79.8.7.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report is available to the buyer upon request.
Provenance: private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection; ex-John Townsend collection, formed in the 1970s and earlier
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#161655
Condition:
TL holes on base and under tail. Bird head reattached. Bird crest feather restored. Otherwise, expected surface wear with a few chips to rim, light pitting, and minor abrasions throughout, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice with lovely earthen deposits in recessed areas.
- MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY VESSEL Mississippian
MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY VESSEL Mississippian pottery vessel from Big Eddy Saint Francis county, Arkansas. 8" H.
- NATIVE AMERICAN CADDOAN MISSISSIPPIAN
NATIVE AMERICAN CADDOAN MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY BOWL Native American Caddoan Mississippian pottery bowl, the exterior with allover incised decoration of swirl motifs. 3.25" H x 7.5" diameter. Some flaking and splitting to clay.