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Lot 310

A Zuni "Kiapkwa" jar

6 – 7 June 2016, 11:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$23,750 inc. premium

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A Zuni "Kiapkwa" jar

Painted in an allover grid of complementary and conjoined stepped elements, abstracted avian and rain cloud motifs about the neck.
height 10 3/4in, diameter 12in

Footnotes

In a letter to the collector, dealer Chris Selser of Santa Fe writes: "Condition is unusually good for a jar of this vintage. Zuni jars of the 'Kiapkwa' style from the middle nineteenth century are very rare and because they predate the tourist trade period almost all were extensively used, therefore examples in excellent condition are very rare."

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