GROUP OF 8 COLIMA AND MICHOACAN POTTERY VESSELS

a) a Michoacan stoneware olla, circa 700, with sectioned body and wide mouth; height: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
b) a Michoacan terracotta olla, circa 700, with inverted lobed body and wide mouth; height: 9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
c) a Colima terracotta olla, circa 700, formed as a head; height: 7.5 cm (3 in.)
d) a Colima terracotta olla, circa 900, squash-form, with gadrooned and lobed body; height: 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.)
e) a Colima terracotta vessel, formed as a seated warrior drinking, circa 900; height: 27.5 cm (10 7/8 in.)
f) a miniature Colima stoneware olla, circa 900-1200, with sloping shoulders; height: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.)
g) a Colima terracotta vessel formed as a standing man, with wide mouth; height: 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.)
h) a two-handled stoneware amphora, either side centered with a pair of kneeling zoomorphic figures; height: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)


PROVENANCE
Wilson Galleries, Santa Fe. (Articles a, b, c, e, f with inventory labels. Copy of invoice available upon request).
Private collection, New York, acquired at the above
CONDITION
The group is in age-appropriate and stable condition. Surface wear and minor chips overall. For details, please see below.
a) Scattered chips to the rim. 0.5 cm hole near the base.
b) Scattered chips to the rim.
c) Chip to the proper left side of the rim.
d) Chip to the rim and proper right foot. Proper right half of headdress restored.
f) Scattered chips to the rim.
g) Small chips to the rim.

Kindly note, the auction is comprised of two sessions:
Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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