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Tall 20th C. African Nigerian Incised Pottery Jar

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Tall 20th C. African Nigerian Incised Pottery Jar

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Description

Originally listed at $600...

West Africa, Nigeria, Gwari or Nupe culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-built pottery jar of sizable, round-bottomed form with a spherical body, a squat neck, and a large, flared rim. Adorning the upper body are large circles and abstract, minimalist anthropoid figures against a horizontally-striated ground, and the lower body is embellished with crosshatching and parallel horizontal grooves as well as overlapping semicircular bands on the base. Size: 13.9" W x 17" H (35.3 cm x 43.2 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Marianne Spiegel estate, Park Avenue, New York, USA, 1980s

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Condition

Minor nicks, stable fissures, and softening to some decorations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits and size.

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Tall 20th C. African Nigerian Incised Pottery Jar

Name: Tall 20th C. African Nigerian Incised Pottery Jar
SKU: 143708824
Price: 800 USD
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Estimate $800 - $1,200

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