Ancestral Puebloan, Anaszi, St. Johns Polychrome Bowl

Native American, Ancestral Puebloan / Anaszi, St Johns Polychrome Pottery Bowl, Arizona | Redware decorated on the exterior with black and white triangular designs, interior with lightning pattern in black on red | Approx. Dimensions: 4" H x 8.5" D | Provenance: Ex. Don Mays Native American Southwest Pottery Collection | Lip Chips and cracking, no repairs or restoration.St Johns Polychrome is a type of White Mountain Red Ware found from Mesa Verde to the headwaters of the Pecos River, south to Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico, and west to Chino Valley, Arizona; this type was widely traded.

Differs from St Johns Black-on-red only in the use of white paint on vessel exteriors. Similar to Wingate Polychrome, which has more open spaced designs. Heshotauthla Polychrome differs from St Johns Polychrome in that the paint is always subglazed or glazed, exterior lines are fine, and hatching is absent. Springerville Polychrome is a variant of St Johns Polychrome that has a thin black line with the white exterior line.