Sale 1332
New York
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12 January 2004
Price realised
USD 1,135
Estimate
A ZUNI CEREMONIAL POLYCHROME BOWL with flattened base, flaring sides, and terraced rim, painted in red and black over a chalky white slip, decorated with a spotted splayed frog in the basin, four smaller splayed frogs modelled in relief on the sides, the exterior with four stylized tadpole motifs, inscribed on the base, J.A.J., XZU-1223-PE, and 1929.144, among other marks Diameter: 7 in. (17.4 cm.)
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