Lot 25
  • 25

Acoma Polychrome Pictorial Jar

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • clay
with concave base and sharply flaring walls, painted in burnished orange and dark brown against a white slip, with a narrow frieze of birds, with exaggerated plumage, capped spirals above and below, the tapering neck decorated with a "dagger" motif.

Provenance

Acquired at Kohlberg's, Denver, CO in 1980

Literature

Lanmon and Harlow, 2013, The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo, fig. 14.10a,b

Condition

Small crack in base (stabilized); some flaking of red-orange pigment.
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