This wonderful Showlow Polychrome bowl C. 1325 - 1375AD measures 9.5 inches in diameter and 4.5" deep, is glued from about 12 pieces. The pieces were basically fresh breaks which went together very tightly making the cracks difficult to see. The white is brilliant and the black is bold and some places well glazed.

The Showlow Polychrome type is defined with a normal "Four Mile like" exterior and the interior is executed with only black and white. White paint on the Arizona Polychromes is almost always exfoliated due to moisture in the ground and therefore most examples known have the paint enhanced in a restoration process. The black design on the interior is exceptionally well done and too is out of the ordinary. Examples which have retained all of the original white on the interior and exterior, like this bowl, are extremely rare and highly sought after by the advanced collectors.