Special Value Offer: Tesuque Pueblo Black-on-red Small Olla [R]

Special Value Offer: The consignor of this Tesuque jar has requested that we reduce the price by 25% from the original price of $3200 to a new price of $2400.

Tesuque Black-on-red typology pottery is fashioned in the same manner as Polychrome typology. Clay, temper, paste, and construction do not differ. The difference arises when a red slip is wiped on the vessel in lieu of a cream slip.

The underside of the vessel is concave, indicating a date earlier than the tourist era—perhaps 1890s on this piece—and the unslipped lower portion of the vessel shows the ripples that unmistakably identify the origin as Tesuque. The red slip extends inside the lip, and a black line encircles the rim. Triangles and inverted triangles encircle the neck between two framing lines. A band of rain clouds encircles the restrictive shoulder and black stacked triangles decorate the main vessel body, below which are more black triangles near the base.

The red slip is more of a creamy red color than deep red. Below the lower decoration is a wiped on red band.

Condition: The jar is in remarkable condition for an item that has been around 100 years. There are a few rim chips but they are not disfiguring to the jar.

Provenance: ex. coll. Pennsylvania pottery collector.