HERE IS A SPECTACULAR AUTHENTIC ANASAZI PUERCO B/W DEEP BOWL, 6\" X 3\", BROKEN AND GLUED WITH MINOR ~1% RESTORATION. THE UNIQUE AND INTERESTING DESIGN APPEARS TO BE THREE SUNS INSIDE THREE RIM TRIANGLES (SEE PHOTOS) .
THE BOWL HAS AN INTERESTING OWNERSHIP PROVENENCE. ORIGINALLY, THE BOWL WAS THE PROPERTY OF JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (1859-1953), THE LEGENDARY AMERICAN PAINTER AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE TAOS SOCIETY OF ARTISTS. PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT COMMISSIONED HIM TO PAINT THE PORTRAITS OF 200 NATIVE AMERICANS WHO SURVIVED THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN, AND DURING THE PROJECT, HE LIVED AT CROW AGENCY WHERE HE LIVED IN A HUT WHICH HE BUILT IN 1905. PHOEBE AND RANDOLPH HEARST PURCHASED 155 OF SHARP\'S PAINTINGS, AND THE ENTIRE COLLECTION WAS EVENTUALLY DONATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKLEY. AS AN HISTORIAN AND ARTIST, SHARP HELPED TO PRESERVE THE RECORD OF A WAY OF LIFE IN THE WEST THAT WAS RAPIDLY CHANGING.
SHARP GAVE THIS BOWL TO HIS GOOD FRIEND CHRISTIAN RUB (1886-1956) WHO WAS KNOWN AS A CHARACTER ACTOR FROM HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON SCREEN IN THE 1919 SILENT FILM \"THE BELLE OF NEW YORK\" UNTIL THE 1950s WITH APPEARANCES IN OVER 100 MOVIES. HE WAS THE VISUAL BASIS AND VOICE OF MISTER GEPPETTO IN THE DISNEY ANIMATED FILM \"PINOCCHIO\". RUB\'S ESTATE WAS SLOWLY DISSIPATED AFTER LEGAL CONTESTS AFTER HIS DEATH, AND I PURCHASED THE BOWL IN 2015 FROM MANU ANTIQUES IN HONOLULU. THE WINNING buyer WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE ORIGINAL LISTING FROM MANU ANTIQUES.
PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE END OF offerDING, AS WE HAVE A NO-RETURN POLICY. PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL ONLY. NEW JESEY RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY 6.625% NJ SALES TAX.
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