{"product_id":"210727-003-santa-clara-pueblo-high-polish-blackware-pottery-melon-jar-by-clara-suazo","title":"Santa Clara Pueblo High Polish Blackware Pottery Melon Jar By Clara Suazo","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1970\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5\" H x 4.25\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled Blackware with a High Polish and Signed Clara Suazo Santa Clara an Active Potter from 1935 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eClara C. Suazo (1913–1997) was a Santa Clara Pueblo potter active from around the 1930s onward. She is known for hand-coiled and polished blackware. She raised nine children, including noted potter Ron Suazo. Her work follows the classic Santa Clara tradition of highly burnished black pottery achieved through reduction firing (smothering the fire to create the deep black color while preserving the polish).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: none; mso-hide: all;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSanta Clara Pueblo is famous for its glossy black-on-black (and red) pottery, often featuring carved, incised, or ribbed \"melon\" styles. These melon jars have vertical or curved grooves resembling a melon or squash, created by pinching or carving the wet clay before polishing and firing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877549662373,"sku":"210727-003","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p8948_i1_w735.jpg?v=1757346255","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/210727-003-santa-clara-pueblo-high-polish-blackware-pottery-melon-jar-by-clara-suazo","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}