Traditional 19th Century Dough Bowl With Fire Clouds [SOLD]

A large 19^th Century Isleta Pueblo dough bowl. This style plain-ware was the most beautiful pottery ever produced at the pueblo. With its simple red band applied to the exterior of the rim, and the beautiful display of the fire clouds, it needed no other form of decoration. The body of the bowl is simply the unslipped natural clay native to Isleta that has been stone polished to a hardness that makes the vessel useful in daily kitchen needs. The warmth of the clay after it has been fired is analogous to a beautiful sunset. There is a minor vertical crack in one area that has been stabilized (see second detail image close-up view). This is truly an excellent bowl.