Acoma Pueblo Small Polychrome Parrot Jar [SOLD]

Barbara Hayah Cerno (b.1951) and Merle Joseph Martin Cerno (b.1947) are a husband and wife team who sign their pottery B. J. Cerno.  They make some of the largest contemporary Acoma pottery being produced today.  They also have made some of the smallest, such as this olla.  They have become well known for their jars decorated with parrots and rainbows.  It is the style that has brought them fame.

The jar is co-signed by the artists and dated 6-86.

Condition: very good condition

Recommended Reading: Acoma & Laguna Pottery by Rick Dillingham

Provenance: from the estate of Frances Sonnenberg of Santa Fe, passed through the family