THREE MATA ORTIZ POTTERY VESSELS
The group comprising a buff pottery vase by Humberto Pina, having polychromed black and red geometric motifs over the buff ground with incised decoration throughout and centering three medallions, each with incised and sgraffito decoration depicting birds, signed to base, a redware pottery effigy vessel by Guadalupe Ledezma, the vessel mouth with incised and textured decoration and modeled as the heads of opposing birds, above the flared ovoid body having polychromed black and red geometric motifs over the red ground throughout, signed to base, and a buff pottery vase by Goyin Silveira, having polychromed black and red geometric motifs over the buff ground throughout, signed to base.
Height of largest 8¼ x diam 5½ inches.
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Mary Frances Brawner, Houston, Texas