Sold for $4,688

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Tunyo Polychrome, San Ildefonso Pottery Jar

ca 1910

double-handled jar painted using rich colors of deep red and black; interior of rim further decorated with scalloped band

height 10 inches x diameter 13-1/2 inches

Included is a note of identification from the late Francis Harlow, renowned authority on the evolution of Puebloan ceramic styles.

Tunyo Polychrome / circa 1910 / San Ildefonso / Lots of Cochiti and Tesuque influence / in form and layout / and black rim top.

Condition Report

Small chip on rim has been broken and glued back on; light scatttered surface pitting throughout; everything else blacklights ok

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