Plains Pictographic Ceramic Pitcher

Plains Pictographic Ceramic Pitcher, painted by Fort Marion Prisoner Bears Heart, Cheyenne, last quarter 19th century, the small commercial form painted with a warrior on horseback on one side, a buffalo on the reverse, with geometric details and "Bears Heart" on the neck, (chip at rim), ht. 3 in. Literature: For a similar piece in the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, see Art from Fort Marion, The Silberman Collection , by Joyce M. Szabo, pp. 128-129, and Bears Heart , by Burton Supree; both books are included with the lot.