Kiapkwa Polychrome Bowl

painted in two shades of brown against a cream slip, with a concentric rectangle in the basin with four projections, each with fine hachure and terminating in capped spirals, the interior rim decorated with a band of small squares. 

C.G. Wallace Collection, Zuni Pueblo, NM

Larry Frank Collection, Arroyo Hondo, NM, 1960s

Francis Harlow Collection, Los Alamos, NM, 1971

Fred Boschan Collection, Philadelphia, PA

Sold Sotheby's New York, November 1988, lot 31

Roy Wixson Collection

Acquired Sotheby's New York, May 1998, lot 378

Harlow, 1973, Matte-Paint Pottery, pp. 264, 267, pl. 33F

Lanmon and Harlow, 2008, The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo, p. 132, fig. 7.28

Circa 1820-1840. Chip on rim; scaling on the bottom; discolored interior and exterior consistent with age and use.
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