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ca. 1938
5.125" H x 6.625" D
Hand Coiled Black on Black Jar with Glossy and Matte Geometric Design on Upper Neck Signed Maria & Julian
In Very Good Condition
Maria Martinez (1887–1980) and her husband Julián (1879–1943) were Tewa artists from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, who transformed Pueblo pottery from a functional craft into a celebrated fine art form. Their most famous innovation is the black-on-black pottery technique, perfected around 1918–1920 after they were inspired by ancient shards found during archaeological excavations at nearby Pajarito Plateau. While Maria was a master at hand-coiling and stone-polishing the clay into perfectly symmetrical vessels, Julián was a skilled painter who decorated them with matte designs using a liquid clay slip.
Condition:
Very Good
Tribe:
San Ildefonso
Year Range:
1925 - 1950
Region:
Southwest
Dimensions:
5.13 in6.63 in
Category:
Pottery - Historic
Artist:
Martinez, Maria
