Santo Domingo Pueblo Condiment Bowl [SOLD]

This is truly a wonderful small bowl that must date to the 1940s. The interior and exterior are completely covered with traditional rag-wiped bentonite slip, there is a black rim around the top with a ceremonial break, and black framing lines just under the rim and just below the design area, separating the design from the beautifully deep red underbody. The framing lines do not have ceremonial breaks, a rather unusual trait for Santo Domingo.

Crazing of the bentonite slip on the interior is a good example of rather significant age although there is no evidence of a wear pattern. It is likely that the bowl was not used before being sold. There are no cracks, chips or other damage to the vessel but there is some slip loss on the exterior.

Provenance: From the estate of Transcendental artist Florence Pierce of Albuquerque who passed away in 2007 at the age of 89. She was best known for luminescent paintings made of pigmented resins on reflective surfaces. Her interest in abstraction began in the 1930s when she was an associate of the Transcendental Painting Group. The New York Times called her