20th C. Hopi Pottery Olla + Signed Wedding Vase
**Originally Listed At $250**
Native American, Southwestern USA, Arizona and New Mexico, Polacca, Hopi-Tewa Peoples, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. Wedding vase signed "M. Sakeva Polacca" on base. A wonderful pair of pottery vessels, a double-spouted wedding vase and an olla. First, the lovely wedding vase presents a flat, ovoid base and an egg-shaped body with 2 tall spouts rising above it connected by a ribbon-form handle. The vase is enveloped in a light grey slip and adorned with an abstract geometric motif along its exterior walls, hand-painted in black and orange. Alternatively, the vase presents a narrow base and thick walls that flare outwards to a wide shoulder with a broad neck and flared rim. A lovely abstract pattern is hand-painted in black and orange along its exterior walls and the entire piece is covered by a creamy beige slip. Size (of largest): 5.5" in diameter x 7.6" H (14 cm x 19.3 cm)
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1970s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#166974
Condition Report: Wedding vase signed "M. Sakeva Polacca" on base. A few nicks to both. Otherwise, both are intact and excellent.
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**Originally Listed At $250**
Native American, Southwestern USA, Arizona and New Mexico, Polacca, Hopi-Tewa Peoples, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. Wedding vase signed "M. Sakeva Polacca" on base. A wonderful pair of pottery vessels, a double-spouted wedding vase and an olla. First, the lovely wedding vase presents a flat, ovoid base and an egg-shaped body with 2 tall spouts rising above it connected by a ribbon-form handle. The vase is enveloped in a light grey slip and adorned with an abstract geometric motif along its exterior walls, hand-painted in black and orange. Alternatively, the vase presents a narrow base and thick walls that flare outwards to a wide shoulder with a broad neck and flared rim. A lovely abstract pattern is hand-painted in black and orange along its exterior walls and the entire piece is covered by a creamy beige slip. Size (of largest): 5.5" in diameter x 7.6" H (14 cm x 19.3 cm)
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1970s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#166974
Condition Report: Wedding vase signed "M. Sakeva Polacca" on base. A few nicks to both. Otherwise, both are intact and excellent.
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