Crazy old looking goodwill pottery find?

[Snorlax]

As title says, looks really old! Got in an auction many years ago.. never posted the find until now.
What are y’alls thoughts on it? Age? Civilization? Etc

Thanks!!

 

[Snorlax]

No one?

 

[Wild Colonial Boy]

looks interesting, if not reproduction could be near eastern bronze age, or native american north or south, take pictures of base, should have burn marks, as it may have been fired alongside a camp fire set up, if it is very light weight it has a better chance of being original, as pottery looses weight due to moisture evaporation over long period of time, I would send images it to both near eastern and america's dealers of pottery and antiquities,
along the chipped rim explore the pottery texture, if very fine it could be reproduction, if it is coarse with heavy granular texture, a mix of clay and Temper ( stone or shell, mica ) added to strengthen and heat up to encourage complete firing in thick walled ceramics,
in contrast light if it is real you may see evidence of spiral construction, where by the pot was constructed by coiling rolled bands of clay and then smoothed over.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great information provided by Amergin in the post above.

You might want to post your question in the North American Indian Artifacts forum, those guys are a very knowledgeable group.
See the link below.

North American Indian Artifacts

You've got a beautiful pot there,
Dave

 

[Snorlax]

Here is a better picture of the lip of the pot where the chip is.
Exciting stuff! Was a goodwill auction find

A bronze age pot would be nuts!

 

[tamrock]

Looks pretty old to me, but the Chinese are really good at replicating ceramics to look old or counterfeit highly collectible pottery also. You'd be best to find someone who has knowledge of old pottery to check it out in person. Maybe the archaeology department of a local university would be a good start? I