Prehistoric Anasazi Mimbres black on white pottery bowl. The rim designed with a pair of concentric undulate bands overlaid on a fine line ground, restored. Exhibited: Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the American Southwest, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, May 20 - December 2, 2018. Illustrated: Berlant, Tony, and Mauer, Evan, Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the American Southwest, Prestel Publishing, New York, in association with LACMA, 2018, p. 67. "The artist may have abstracted the shape of the open prickly pear blossom (Opuntia phaeacantha.)" Ex. Thomas and Barbara Moulard, Tempe, AZ; Property from the Collection of Tony Berlant, purchased from the above October 25, 2011.
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PERIOD: Prehistoric
ORIGIN: Southwest - Anasazi, Native American