TYPE: Dogoszhi Polychrome

DATE: A.D. 1050 to 1300 (Oppelt, 2008;12)

COMMON BACKGROUND COLOR(S): Primary design field red, secondary design field orange.

PRIMARY BOWL DESIGN PLACEMENT: Interiors.

COMMON DESIGNS: Diagonal hatched ( Dogoszhi style) black painted primary designs (rarely wide black lines), broad red stripes painted on secondary design fields. Occasionally an orange non-slipped space (often football or circular shaped) in bottom on interiors.

KEY DIFFERENCES: Bowls with loop handles common. Diagonally hatched black designs (Dogoszhi style) on a red-slipped background for the primary designs, secondary designs consists of broad red stripes on an orange background.

VARIETIES:

1) Black-on-Red Primary Design, Red-on-Orange Secondary Design

2) Black-on-Red-on-Orange Primary Design, Red-on-Orange Secondary Design

3) Black-on-Red areas in addition to broad red lines outlined in black Primary Design, Red-on-Orange Secondary Design

4) Black-on-Red and Orange Primary Design

 

1N  Dogoszhi Polychrome Bowl

This bowl is the normal variety, with its black-on-red interior, and red-on-orange exterior.

 

2N Dogoszhi Polychrome Bowl with a black-on-red-on-orange interior,

and a red-on-orange exterior.

 

 

3N Dogoszhi Polychrome effigy handle pitcher.

This unusual variety of Dogoszhi Polychrome has a black-on-red and orange primary design. The effigy handle appears to be a salamander or lizard with a red head and black stripes painted from neck to tail.

 

4N Dogoszhi Polychrome jar with a primary black-on-red exterior design, and a secondary red-on-orange interior design. The interior has a wide red circular band, painted about

midway on the wall of the jar.

Approximate Dimensions: 9 1/2" or 24.1 cm. by 7 1/4" or 18.4 cm.

 

5Y Dogoszhi Polychrome Loop-handled Bowl

Approximate Dimensions: 10 3/8" by 5 1/4"

 

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