Large Cochiti Pottery Storage Jar
Sale 1072 - The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part II
Sep 8, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$15,000 -
20,000
Price Realized
$16,250
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Lot Description
Large Cochiti Pottery Storage Jar
ca 1920
height 17 inches x diameter 18 inches
Included is a note of identification from the late Francis Harlow, renowned authority on the evolution of Puebloan ceramic styles.
Published:
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 215, plate 216)
The horizontal scratches on the neck were caused during use. It was standard practice to keep mice and other vermin out of a storage jar by inverting a bowl over the top. Such bowl covers abraded the design, but left an interesting ethnographic record of how the pot was used (Hanson 1994: 215).
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