Brunk Auctions
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Mountains, Plains, and Pueblos | February 18, 2025

Tue, Feb 18, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 29

Early Monumental Zia Dough Bowl

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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late 19th century, traditional geometric design band over wide lower red band, black rim, 10-1/2 x 18-1/4 in.

Provenance: Morningstar Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, c. 1970s; Private Collection, Greenville, South Carolina

Note: A smaller Zia Dough Bowl with virtually identical geometric decoration can be seen in the collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, collection number 2020.29.  

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Morningstar Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, c. 1970s; Private Collection, Greenville, South Carolina

attractive overall patina, wear, and abrasions commensurate with age and use, approximately 1-1/2 in. wide chip at rim ending in a 5-1/2 in. long crack, smaller surface chips along rim, firing clouds