Zia Pueblo Small Polychrome Jar [SOLD]

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Potter Once Known
  • Category: Historic
  • Origin: Zia Pueblo, Tsi-ya
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 3-1/2” tall x 5-1/8” diameter
  • Item # 25737
  • SOLD

This is an amazing historic small jar from Zia Pueblo.  It is the traditional shape of a Zia storage jar, but in smaller scale.  The leaf designs are red with black outlining.  There are four panels of design, each divided by dual vertical lines.  There is a pair of framing lines at the rim and another pair at the base of the design.  The jar has a slight indented base, red underbody, red inside the rim and a black rim.

 

Condition: very good condition

Recommended Reading: The Pottery of Zia Pueblo by Harlow and Lanmon.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery.

Provenance: from a collection in Denver, Colorado

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Potter Once Known
  • Category: Historic
  • Origin: Zia Pueblo, Tsi-ya
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 3-1/2” tall x 5-1/8” diameter
  • Item # 25737
  • SOLD

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