Red Polished Bear Paw Jar by Virginia Garcia [SOLD]

Special Value Offer: The consignor has suggested a 20% price reduction from the original price of $1200 to a new price of $960.

Virginia Garcia descends from a lineage of Santa Clara and Ohkay Owingeh potters.  She is the youngest sister of Tina and Greg Garcia, the niece of Angela Baca, and the granddaughter of Severa Tafoya.   Like others in her family, she is an accomplished artist, as this elegant redware jar suggests.  Most distinctive is the jar's symmetry.  The globular base provides a foundation for the pronounced shoulder, gently curving back into the everted rim.  The convex curve of the base is mirrored by the concave curve of the neck, with carved and slipped bear paws gracing either side.  Typical of Garcia family pottery is the incredible stone polish.    It is signed on the base Virginia Garcia Santa Clara San Juan, acknowledging both pueblos longstanding pottery traditions.

Condition:  This jar is in very good condition

Provenance: from the Jeffrey Trent collection