Polychrome Bowl with Floral Design [SOLD]

Around 1879, a group of Laguna families, who had split from their native village, settled at Isleta Pueblo in a village they named Oraibi. It was the Laguna potters who introduced Polychrome pottery to Isleta, eventually replacing the traditional Isleta Red-on-tan pottery. Small bowls, such as this one, were made in large quantities and taken into Albuquerque every day where they were sold to the passengers on the AT&SF train traveling between Chicago and Los Angeles.

The interior of the bowl is slipped in traditional cream-colored slip and decorated with two large sunflowers that capture the entire inside of the bowl. The exterior of the bowl is unslipped natural Isleta clay that has been stone polished to a smooth finish. A brown rim completes the decoration. Two fire clouds decorate the underside of the bowl.