Ohkay Owingeh Small Black Wedding Vessel [SOLD]

This is one of the most charming small black wedding vessels we have encountered.  It probably dates to circa 1930s and is in excellent condition.  It is a footed vessel with a matte finish below the mid-body bulge, indications that it was made at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. The remainder of the body is stone polished red slip that was fired to a black sheen.  The underbody appears to not have been slipped in red clay and therefore is the natural clay body that fired to a matte finish.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: from a family collection in Albuquerque

Recommended Reading:  Pottery of the Pueblos of New Mexico 1700-1940 by Jonathan Batkin