pueBlo pottery lotS 488–535

Lots 488–535

488 497 499

488 An Acoma Olla having geometric designs. Height 8 x diameter 10 inches. Property from the Estate of Harold K. Hill, Wheat Ridge, Colorado $200-400

489 Five Acoma Pottery Articles including one jar having parrot designs and fine line decorations, signed “M.Z. China”; together with one olla, two other jars and one plate. Height of tallest 7 x 7 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-400

490 Three Acoma Pueblo Pottery Baskets all having twisted handles, two having animal decoration. Height of tallest 5 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

491 A Group of Miniature Acoma Pottery Articles comprising an owl and bird figure, a fine line seed pot with a polychrome butterfly and three bowls. Height of first 2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $80-120 492 Six Hopi Pottery Vessels comprising an olla, three cylindrical pots and a large bowl. Height of largest 11 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

493 Five Hopi Pottery Bowls comprising a bowl having a wing design and “RRL” incised on the base, a bowl having two birds that has been drilled for hanging and a bowl having an old “Hopi Villages” tag on the base. Height of largest 2 3/4 inches x diameter 8 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-300

494 Four Hopi Pottery Articles comprising a bowl with rain cloud design, cylindrical vase and two small plates, one having a Hopi Villages tag; together with a small Santo Domingo bowl. Height of largest 2 3/4 x diameter 7 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

495 A Group of Hopi Pottery Articles comprising a candlestick, miniature jar and miniature pitcher, together with two other miniature bowls and a painted dish. Height of first 3 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $80-120 496 Wallace Youvella (b. 1947), Hopi comprising two miniature gourds and a miniature bowl, each having sgraffito design and signed “Wallace Youvella;” together with a redware seed pot, signed “Apple Blossom 1974” and a silver seed pot. Height of largest 1 3/4 x diameter 1 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $80-120

497 An Isleta Miniature Polychrome Olla having finely decorated floral designs. Height 3 x diameter 5 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $50-100

498 Two Jemez Pueblo Pottery Jars the first having an Avanyu design over geometric designs, signed “V. Tafoya,” the second of jar form, signed” C. Loretto, Jemez.” Height of first 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

499 A Laguna Pottery Olla having panels of geometric design below a floriform decoration at rim, signed “G. Paqua” with additional inscription, illegible. Height 9 x width 8 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $50-100

500 Four Maricopa Pottery Articles the first a large jar having three color reciprocal decoration and whirling log design, together with two basket forms and an anthropomorphic ashtray form. Height 6 x diameter 8 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-400

501 Four Maricopa Pottery Articles the largest having arrow head design, the second having three color design, signed indistinctly, together with two other similar items. Height 4 x diameter 7 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $150-250

502 Two Santa Clara Redware Pots the first carved with an abstracted Avanyu design, the second stone polished red over buff base, signed “Tonicita Montoya, San Juan Pueblo.” Height of largest 7 x diameter 10 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-400

503 A Santa Clara Redware Wedding Vase having impressed circular decoration around center. Height 9 3/4 x width 9 1/2 inches. $200-400 504 Five Pueblo Blackware Carved and Polished Pottery Articles comprising two by Stella Chiveria, one by Eva Swop, one by Donela Tafoya and one signed illegibly. Height of largest 3 1/2 x diameter 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

505 Three Santa Clara Blackware Wedding Vases together with six Southwestern pottery ash trays. Height of tallest 6 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $150-250

506 Robert Naranjo (20th Century), Santa Clara a blackware vase with starbursts, firebirds and eagle feathers with kiva steps decorations on the top and the base having water design, together with an Agapita Tafoya (1904-1959), and two other Santa Clara blackware pots. Height 4 3/4 x diameter 6 inches. $200-400

507 Five Santa Clara Blackware Pottery Items the largest a carved pot signed “Isabele,” a bowl with two bears signed “Arnold Swaza.” Height of largest 4 1/2 x diameter 7 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-400 508 A Santa Clara Polished Blackware Vase having four petal flowers, together with a San Ildefonso redware plate, signed “Maria.” Height of first 8 1/2 x diameter 7 inches. Property from the Estate of Harold K. Hill, Wheat Ridge, Colorado $200-400

509 Four Santa Clara Polished Blackware Pottery Articles comprising a two handled bowl, three decorated pots signed “Juan.” Height 4 3/4 x width over handles 10 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-300

510 A Collection of Santa Clara Blackware Miniatures including a pinch bowl, a beaver, signed “Eric N SCP,” a turtle, signed “Mollie Naranjo SCP,” a bear, a buffalo, a badger and a donkey. Height of largest 3 x width 3 1/2 inches. $80-120

511 Six Santa Clara Blackware Bear Figures three signed “Paul and/ or Dorothy Gutierrez.” Height of largest 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

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517 512 Ten Blackware Animalier Figures of typical forms, including a lizard, a snail and a snake. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

513 Pat Martinez (20th Century), Santa Clara three carved vessels, comprising two black and one buff, each signed “Pat Martinez”. Height of tallest 5 x diameter 5 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

514 Four Santa Clara Pottery Vessels the largest having a carved Avanyu design, signed “Juanita” for Juanita Pena, together with three other carved and polychrome vessels. Height of largest 5 x 6 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-300

515 Three Santa Clara Polychrome Pots including one with Avanyu design and two with carved decoration. Height of largest 4 x diameter 7 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $50-100

516 Three Santo Domingo Pueblo Pottery Items each having floral decoration, the largest a bowl having a crenulated rim, the second of basket form and the third of basket form with pour spot. Diameter of largest 13 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $150-250

517 A Santo Domingo Pot with applied handles and bird decoration. Height of the first 5 x diameter 7 inches. Property from the Estate of Harold K. Hill, Wheat Ridge, Colorado $80-120

518 Lupita Martinez (b. 1918), San Ildefonso a black on black bowl, signed Lupita Martinez together with another with another blackware bowl with gun metal finish. Height 2 1/2 x diameter 6 inches. $80-100

519 Rose Gonzalez (1900-1989), San Juan comprising two carved blackware jars having geometric designs and three cylinders, two buff and one black, all signed “Rose”. Height of tallest 4 1/2 x diameter 4 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $150-250

520 Three Tesuque Rain Gods one having painted decoration. Height of tallest 7 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-400

521 Three Tesuque Rain God Figures each having painted decorated designs. Height of tallest 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-300

522 Two Tesuque Polychrome Pots having traditional decoration, the largest having a Tesuque tag on the base, together with a small pitcher. Height of largest 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $50-100

523 A Group of Seven Pueblo Pottery Articles including Acoma, Santa Clara, and Polpaque Height of largest 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $400-600

524 A Southwestern Style Pottery Storage Jar having overall polychrome floral and geometric designs. Height 12 x diameter 14 inches. $150-250

525 Three Pueblo Utilitarian Micaceous Clay Pottery Vessels comprising a pitcher form, bowl with handles and a small pot. Height of largest 3 x width 7 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Harold K. Hill, Wheat Ridge, Colorado $200-400 526 Six Miniature Pueblo Pottery Vessels including a sgraffito seed pot, signed “Wallace Youvella,” a bird vessel, a seed pot having fine line decoration, a seed pot signed “seed Concho Acoma,” a sgraffito blackware dish signed “Juan Tafoya, San Ildefonso” and a carved pot depicting an Avanyu. Height of first 2 x diameter 2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $200-300

527 Three Figural Pottery Articles including a Cochiti frog and fish and a wall mounted match holder and striker, labeled Tesuque on back. Width of first 2 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $150-250

528 A Prehistoric Corrugated Redware Bowl Height 4 1/4 x diameter 6 1/4 inches. $200-400

529 A Prehistoric Black and White Bowl together with an undecorated Southwestern redware bowl having fire clouds, a carved stone axe head and small South American bottle form vase. Height of largest 5 x diameter 6 inches. Property from the Estate of Harold K. Hill, Wheat Ridge, Colorado $200-400

530 Three Southwestern Pottery Tiles the first Zia decorated with typical Zia bird, signed “Sofia Medina” and two Hopi tiles, both with bird design and one signed “Darlena Naranjo.” Height of first 4 1/4 x width 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200 531 Five Southwestern Pueblo Pots including an olla and three low pots. Height of largest 4 x diameter 8 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

532 Four Southwestern Polished Redware Pottery Vessels the largest having undecorated redware above a buff base and a large fire cloud, together with a smaller bowl of similar decoration and two plates. Height of largest 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $100-200

533 A Group of Southwestern Miniature Pottery Articles comprising three animalier figures, a bowl with two salamanders and another low bowl. Height of tallest 2 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $80-120

534 A Collection of Southwestern Pottery Articles comprising a small pitcher, two canteens, an animal figure, eight small pots and a plate, 13 total. Height of largest 4 x diameter 5 inches. Property from the Estate of Rodney L. Croissant, Greeley, Colorado $80-120

535 Four Mexican Pottery Articles including a large Mata Ortiz, having fish decoration, signed Eldah Gonzalez, a pre-historic Casas Grandes, Escondido, the third a corrugated Mata Ortiz pot, the fourth a globular pot, possibly Maricopa. Height of largest 11 x diameter 10 inches. Property from the Estate of Alan D. Katz, Boulder, Colorado $200-400

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