SPECIAL OFFER: Rare Polychrome Zuni Pueblo Cattle Figurine [SOLD]

Special Offer: The owner of this rare Zuni Pueblo cow figurine has authorized us to reduce the asking price from $895 to $595, a 1/3 reduction.

Tourists have always been fascinated with pueblo pottery, but the large, traditional bowls and jars that were in use in the pueblos in the late 19^th century were too cumbersome for travel, so the pueblo potters began making small souvenir pieces. Cochiti Pueblo was by far the most prolific in making figurative pottery for the tourists, but Zuni did make some, although not nearly the quantity or the variety. Mostly, Zuni potters made owl figurines.

This figurine is a wonderful steer in polychrome form. Figurines of this style are extremely rare from Zuni Pueblo. Two of the legs have been broken and glued back in place, but since the breaks were in the vicinity of the cream slip, they are not that obvious. The rarity of such a figurine greatly offsets the inconvenience of the breaks at the legs.

This is an extraordinary wonderful Zuni figurine and is in overall good condition.