Jemez Pueblo Handmade Pottery Carved Polished Vase

This contemporary vase features native clay, traditionally coiled and hand-formed, with polychrome slip painted decoration and two-tone sections of polished clay slips. It features a melon-carved bottom section and a corn/clouds rain motif around the central decorative band, a single ring scribes the top, flaring section. This wood-fired vase was created by famed potter, Pauline Fragua in the late 1980s. The colors are traditional for Taos figurative Pottery. It is 7 1/8" high, 6 1/2" diameter.

Jemez Pueblo, Northeast of Albuquerque in the mountains that gave the Pueblo its Spanish name (Walatowa is the name in the native tongue, Towa), lost it's pottery tradition after the Pueblo Revolt until the 1930s when it was resurrected. As a result, its styles and forms are a combination of various traditions which make it distinctive and a great value to collectors. A great deal of experiemental pottery work is done at Jemez, which benefits the entire range of the art.

If you are looking for a nice example of authentic Pueblo handmade pottery, then go no further!

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