Cody, Wyoming Collection Zia Olla with Double Rainbow [SOLD]

This is an excellent example of an early 20th century jar created, most probably, in the 1900-1910 period. It is traditional in every sense of the word. It is coil formed from native clays with the addition of crushed basaltic lava for temper.

The concave base and underbody are stone-polished bare paste with a red band at the top of the undecorated area, and a hand wiped red band on the interior of the rim.

The design area features three panels defined by arched, double-banded, deep red rainbows, each of which is outlined in black. In each of the lower panels is a traditional Zia bird eating from a flower. In the other smaller areas above the rainbows are geometric and floral elements. Rain clouds, outlined in black, are suspended from the black rim.