Mimbres, Mogollon
New Mexico, Southwest
Circa 1200 - 1300 AD
Clay with slip and mineral pigment
2 3/4 inches high, 6 3/4 inches diameter (7 x 17.1 cm)
Provenance: Private Silver City, New Mexico collection. Not found on federal or state land
A shallow bowl painted on the interior in black over a white slip, the exterior left unslipped in buff with a solid black band around the rim. A single bat fills the center, drawn frontally with wings spread, a stepped head carrying a small round eye, pointed ears, and an open jaw set with a row of square teeth. The body is a lozenge filled with a checkerboard of small squares, the wings step outward in angular zigzags ending in hatched panels, and three tapering forms extend below.
The figure is framed by bands of narrow parallel lines following the curve of the wall, with lobed reserves of white slip left between the animal and the border. Bats are depicted less often in Mimbres painting than birds, fish, and rabbits, and the identification here rests on the ears, the toothed jaw, and the membranous form of the wings. The black rim band runs unbroken around the lip, and the exterior is left plain to the base in the manner of the ware.
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Mimbres, Mogollon
New Mexico, Southwest
Circa 1200 - 1300 AD
Clay with slip and mineral pigment
2 3/4 inches high, 6 3/4 inches diameter (7 x 17.1 cm)
Provenance: Private Silver City, New Mexico collection. Not found on federal or state land
A shallow bowl painted on the interior in black over a white slip, the exterior left unslipped in buff with a solid black band around the rim. A single bat fills the center, drawn frontally with wings spread, a stepped head carrying a small round eye, pointed ears, and an open jaw set with a row of square teeth. The body is a lozenge filled with a checkerboard of small squares, the wings step outward in angular zigzags ending in hatched panels, and three tapering forms extend below.
The figure is framed by bands of narrow parallel lines following the curve of the wall, with lobed reserves of white slip left between the animal and the border. Bats are depicted less often in Mimbres painting than birds, fish, and rabbits, and the identification here rests on the ears, the toothed jaw, and the membranous form of the wings. The black rim band runs unbroken around the lip, and the exterior is left plain to the base in the manner of the ware.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
