$4,700
Southwest Painted Pottery Figure, Tesuque, c. last quarter 19th century, the seated figure made of mica-containing clay, the large head painted with yellow and dark green devices on a cream-colored ground, (broken and reglued in three spots), ht. 13 1/4 in. Provenance: The Charles and Blanche Derby collection. Literature: Eye of the Angel, 1990, White Star Press. Exhibition: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 1991-January 1992; Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 9-October 24, 1993.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-29