Pair of Hand-painted Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls lacquer box both our scientific understanding and

both our scientific understanding and our artistic grasp of the physical world exist within a common structure of motion ration

Signed (incised) in Japanese on the underside

Amazing details down to ribbed grips on the interiors of each set

I love the silhouette and interplay of parts on this one

There is not mark on it that I can see but certainly it is an example of American art pottery c

Pair of Hand-painted Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls lacquer box both our scientific understanding andThese two intensively painted clay bowls were made by indigenous Canelos Quichua women in the Oriente (upper Amazonian) region of Ecuador, probably 1970s 80s or so. Produced with local clay, traditionally decorated with brushes made of the hair of their children (!), and lacquered with tree resin, these types of drinking vessels were traditionally used for serving Aswan, a fermented gruel. I think the graphic patterns on both interiors and exteriors