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Lot 3046

Five Mata Ortiz Pottery Vessels, one with Matching Stand

Estimate: $400 - $700
Starting Bid
$200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $1
$5 $5
$50 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Five Mata Ortiz Pottery Vessels, one with Matching Stand. All painted in shades of red, off white, black and a few with green enamels. Comprising a tall olla with pottery stand en suite, incised, "PILO MORA 2009", an owl form vessel incised to base underside, "Angela Corona", a turtle vessel with base underside incised "Ismael Sandoval",  and a raccoon form vessel with "Sabino Villalba H y Veronica S." listed twice, smallest vessel with "Reral [sic] H".

{Approximate dimensions:  Tallest on matching stand 13 3/4" high x 9 1/2" diameter, smallest 4 5/8" high x 6 1/2" diameter.}.

Good condition with minor wear overall, including some surface scratches, a few minuscule nicks, light rubbing, some with pitting, sticker residue. Smallest vessel with the most wear. Raccoon vessel with small chip to mouth corner, small, shallow chip to body. Please ask the Furniture and Decorative Arts Department for detailed condition information.

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