**Originally Listed At $300**

South America, Peru, Upper / Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Shipibo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE; Latin America, Mexico, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fabulous collection of 9 vintage pots, bowls, and miniature jars, all hand built and painted by Peruvian Shipibo and Mexican artisans. The 3 bowls are all Shipibo made, each with a rounded but stable base and impressively thin walls - 2 exhibit a curved shoulder. The exterior of each is decorated with fine linear and geometric motifs presented in red and black hues atop a cream ground. The interior basin surfaces on 2 are a uniform layer of chocolate brown pigment, and 1 has linear patterns. The largest vessel is a Mexican pot with a lid and vibrantly painted exterior - in hues of blue, red, white geometric and spiraling motifs. The 5 miniature Mexican jars are all hand painted in brick red and slate blue hues upon the buff surface. Size of largest (lidded pot): 9" Diameter x 6" H (22.9 cm x 15.2 cm); (miniature jar): 1" Diameter x 1.5" H (2.5 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: ex-Jeffrey Evans Auctions, Mount Crawford, Virginia, USA

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#164671

Chips and nicks to rims of smallest jars, but otherwise intact and old inventory labels on base of each. Chips to the rim of largest lidded pot body and chips to lid rim, surface abrasions to painted pigments, and handwritten old inventory labels on base. Surface pitting, abrasions, and chips to rim. Loss to rim on largest bowl. Surface discoloration and staining, with fading to painted pigments. Great array of sizes!