Lot 72
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A Magnificent Zia Polychrome Storage Jar

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

circa 1924, with full rounded body and tapering neck, exuberantly painted against a white slip in sienna, orange and dark brown, with an undulating "rainbow" band, with two different representations of birds, one a parrot, flanked by stacked bars and foliate motifs; possibly the work of Trinidad Medina.

Provenance

Reportedly purchased in 1924 by Marion and Eshref Sheveky

Bequeathed in 1965 to Sara B. Davis, Albuquerque NM