Hopi, Arizona
1300 CE, Jeddito Yellow Ware
Ceramic, yellow-orange slip, mineral pigment
Length 10½ in (26.7 cm)
Provenance: Fred Lau, San Francisco, CA. Not recovered from Federal or State land.
Jeddito Yellow Ware was produced exclusively at the Hopi Mesas of northern Arizona and widely traded across the Southwest, representing one of the most distinctive ceramic traditions of the late prehistoric and early historic Pueblo world. The ware is characterized by its clear, warm yellow-orange slip ground, a color achieved through the use of iron-rich clays fired in an oxidizing atmosphere, and bold black mineral pigment decoration applied with confident, deliberate line work. The black paints used in Jeddito Yellow Ware mark a technical development from the manganese and carbon-based paints of earlier regional wares to iron and carbon formulations, a shift that produced the strong contrast between decoration and ground visible in this example.
This ladle carries parallel black bands across the interior of the bowl, with a geometric diamond motif on the handle, both characteristic decorative elements of the Jeddito tradition. The ladle form was among the range of vessel types produced in Jeddito Yellow Ware, used for serving and transferring liquids in domestic and communal contexts. The Fred Lau provenance in San Francisco indicates a serious West Coast collecting history for this piece.
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Hopi, Arizona
1300 CE, Jeddito Yellow Ware
Ceramic, yellow-orange slip, mineral pigment
Length 10½ in (26.7 cm)
Provenance: Fred Lau, San Francisco, CA. Not recovered from Federal or State land.
Jeddito Yellow Ware was produced exclusively at the Hopi Mesas of northern Arizona and widely traded across the Southwest, representing one of the most distinctive ceramic traditions of the late prehistoric and early historic Pueblo world. The ware is characterized by its clear, warm yellow-orange slip ground, a color achieved through the use of iron-rich clays fired in an oxidizing atmosphere, and bold black mineral pigment decoration applied with confident, deliberate line work. The black paints used in Jeddito Yellow Ware mark a technical development from the manganese and carbon-based paints of earlier regional wares to iron and carbon formulations, a shift that produced the strong contrast between decoration and ground visible in this example.
This ladle carries parallel black bands across the interior of the bowl, with a geometric diamond motif on the handle, both characteristic decorative elements of the Jeddito tradition. The ladle form was among the range of vessel types produced in Jeddito Yellow Ware, used for serving and transferring liquids in domestic and communal contexts. The Fred Lau provenance in San Francisco indicates a serious West Coast collecting history for this piece.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
