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Lot 3138

Five Mata Ortiz Pottery Vessels

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

Bid Increments

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Five Mata Ortiz Pottery Vessels, carved, painted and sculptured variously with geometric, human and animal and  or insect forms, and dense patterns. Incised marks to base undersides, as follows: hummingbird vessel with "Hilario Quezada Jr.", eagles and men vessel with "HECTOR QUINTANA", lizard vessel marked to body with "LEONEL LOPEZ SAENZ", pine tree and deer vessel with "Uriel Lopez" painted to the underside.

{Approximate dimensions:  tallest 13 3/4" high with stand x 6 1/2" diameter, shortest 11 1/2" high with stand x 6 1/2" diameter.}.

In good condition with minor wear overall, including light surface scratches, a few minuscule shallow chips, some with light pitting, dark specks. Lower body of pine tree and deer vessel with several tape-shaped finish losses, grasshopper vessel with some small apparent shallow chips, finish losses (difficult to tell, due to texturing). Three vessels comb textured as made.

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