Description:
Zia Four-color Polychrome Olla, c. early 1930s, decorated in three panels separated by a linked design, each with a bird in flight framed by a stepped geometric and floral design, an inside hairline crack was restored by Andy Goldsmidt, attributed to Harviana Pino Toribio (1904-1949),daughter of Martina Galvan Pino.
Literature: The Pottery of Zia Pueblo, by Francis H. Harlow and Dwight P. Lanmon; illustrated in Pottery Treasures, The Splendor of South West Indian Art, 1976, p. 76.
Estimate $15,000-25,000
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