Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird decorative platter including both antique and contemporary

including both antique and contemporary decor

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This vintage Chinese "sitting frog" solid bronze seal or chop is beautifully detailed with incised circles for spots

Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird decorative platter including both antique and contemporaryThese two wonderful drinking bowls were made by indigenous Canelos Quichua women in the Oriente (upper Amazonian) region of Ecuador, probably in the 1970s or 80s. Between the star shaped face of the larger, with its eyebrows, nose, and mouth (with teeth!) sculpted in relief; the bird butterfly at the center of the smaller; and the wonderfully fine graphic patterns on both, I am completely charmed. No wonder that the pottery of this region is regarded