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Identifying a Ceramic Pot?

A ceramic pot with a signature on the bottom.My mother has this vase that she purchased at a second hand yard sale, it has a very unique signature. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the artist?

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A brown and black ceramic pot with an image of a bison with a lightning bolt.
 

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I have checked on several Indian pottery shops around and their marking on the bottom of pots like this one. I am not finding out who has actually made this one. One thing is for sure this was made in a pottery shop and it has an Indian design on it. I am not sure of the exact regions this one was made because each shop has their own unique styles and marking on them. You might want to check with an Indian pottery specialist to see if they can help out a bit more and tell you if this was actually made in an Indian pottery shop or just a regular pottery shop and the artist designed it to look like Indian pottery.

 

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I'm not familiar with Southwestern pottery and this could be factory made (to look like handmade) or it could be an original and without knowing markings it would be difficult to identify.

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Indians used lizards in their pottery a lot and it looks like this artist used a lizard in his signature.
This really looks too 'finished' to be handmade but a good artist could be that good. It would be best to find out for sure as these things can be high value.

I would suggest you post pictures to some of the forums to see what they can tell you. You should have several pictures front, back, bottom, top as well as measurements to put with your question. Is the pot clay?
Your area may also help (although it may have no baring on where this came from).
Please post back if you find out more about this neat pot.

www.figurines-sculpture.com/identifying-pottery-marks.html

www.antiquers.com/.../

www.collectorsweekly.com/.../pottery

www.treasurenet.com/.../310405-vintage-native-american-pottery...

 

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This is a ollin mexica or mexican (I have seen it both ways) brand mark. I believe it is a touristy series of jugs and vases. Not sure of years... fairly new/modern.

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They are listed on eBay in the 5-10 dollar range. The mostly sit unsold so current value is not determined since sold prices are the best evidence of value.

 

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