San Ildefonso Polychrome Jar by Crucita Gonzales Calabaza (Blue Corn) [SOLD]

Blue Corn is responsible for reviving Polychrome pottery at San Ildefonso Pueblo. After Maria and Julian Martinez made the Black-on-black famous, the Polychrome wares faded into history. Blue Corn produced blackware and redware but her specialty was her beautiful Polychrome pottery.

This jar is not what one pictures when one thinks Polychrome, but technically it is comprised of three colors. A tan slip was applied to the upper portion of the vessel and left in a matte finish; a pewter slip was applied to the lower section and stone polished to a very high luster. Black outlining of the Avanyu and adjacent edges completed the third color.

The bowl is signed Blue Corn San Ildefonso Pueblo.

Condition:  in very good condition.

Provenance: from a gentleman in Albuquerque

Reference and Recommended Reading: Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies, (click here to view details of book) by Gregory Schaaf