OLD Pueblo Black Pottery Vessel with Unusual Pinched Neck house picture More Color Cubes

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Dimensions: 5" t x 2 1/2" w x 1 1/4" d

and  light wear along the edges and corners

with great sculptural form mimicking a bunch of grapes and terrific drippy glazing

OLD Pueblo Black Pottery Vessel with Unusual Pinched Neck house picture More Color CubesI am certain this piece is Native American, and I believe Southwest pueblo, with the lower half of the black clay body polished to a sheen and showing some minimal decoration. What makes it unusual, and quite special I think, is the folded over and finger pinched thumb pressed neck, which contributes (along with the wear to the exterior and view of the interior) to me thinking this is a very old (pre columbian) piece. What I really love is the