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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 5307, member: 45"]The design is stylized parrots. The form itself, and the design style is certainly Hopi, and you can tell by the orange fireclouds that this was fired traditionally in an outdoor fire. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only reason I would have any doubts about this piece, is that it has an incised signature. Hopi pottery is either unsigned, or the signature is painted on with the same black slip used to decorate the pot. I have never seen an incised signature on a Hopi pot. This actually looks like it was added after the pot was fired. </p><p><br /></p><p>That still doesn't mean that the pot isn't authentic, just that the incised "B" may not be, which does cast a little concern on the whole piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 5307, member: 45"]The design is stylized parrots. The form itself, and the design style is certainly Hopi, and you can tell by the orange fireclouds that this was fired traditionally in an outdoor fire. The only reason I would have any doubts about this piece, is that it has an incised signature. Hopi pottery is either unsigned, or the signature is painted on with the same black slip used to decorate the pot. I have never seen an incised signature on a Hopi pot. This actually looks like it was added after the pot was fired. That still doesn't mean that the pot isn't authentic, just that the incised "B" may not be, which does cast a little concern on the whole piece.[/QUOTE]
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