01-29-200501-29-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2265Boston
January 29, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
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Southwest Polychrome Pottery Olla

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$3,819$3,250
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2265Location: BostonDate / Time: January 29, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Southwest Polychrome Pottery Olla, Zuni, c. late 19th century, the rounded form with concave base, slight flexure at top of underbody, rounded midsection, and wide rim, painted with classic black and red-brown "rainbird" pattern on a cream-white ground, (restored at the rim),ht. 9 1/2, dia. 12 in.

Provenance: The Charles and Blanche Derby collection.

Literature: Eye of the Angel, 1990, White Star Press.

Exhibition: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 1991 - January 1992; Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 9 - October 24, 1993.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Keywords

Blanche Derby, White Star Press, Massachusetts, Sandwich, Springfield, George Walter Vincent Smith, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum