Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird antique Burmese lacquer box made for Terrain

made for Terrain

where one might spend hours getting lost in it

Fortunately

The box is stamped Phang Kim Tjoeng and Banka Blinjoe on the bottom

adding the perfect final touch to the carefully considered ensemble of a finely dressed woman or man heading off to an important engagement

Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird antique Burmese lacquer box made for TerrainThese 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