Southwest Polychrome Pottery Olla

Description:

Southwest Polychrome Pottery Olla, Acoma, c. 1900, the high rounded sides with tapering neck and concave base, with orange, red, and black geometric and floral devices on a cream-colored ground, red painted bottom and inner rim, old sticker reads "Vase or Olla, made by the Acoma Indians, collected and for sale by Capt. C.W. Riggs, 43 University Place, New York," (cracks),ht. 8, dia. 10 in.

Provenance: Fruitlands Museum.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

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