Zia Pueblo Storage Jar with Birds and Rainbow Arc [SOLD]
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- Category: Historic
- Origin: Zia Pueblo, Tsi-ya
- Medium: clay, pigment
- Size: 11-3/4” tall x 14-3/4” diameter
- Item # C3421.19 SOLD
Black-outlined undulating rainbow arcs are not documented as having occurred before 1880; however, it appears that they evolved from simpler black-outlined framing lines, pathways, zigzag segments and undulating path lines. These elements are pictured in The Pottery of Zia Pueblo, pages 115-116 (see link below for the book). The undulating style of rainbow arc, as in this jar, is documented in the 1900-1910 decade.
Zia birds are placed above and below the rainbow. Each bird has two fat tail feathers and a single wing. The entire bird is outlined in black, as is the rainbow, the latter with a double black line. Sharing the space with the birds are floral elements, the leaves of which are black and the flowers are orange without black outlining. There is a thin wiped-on red band under the lower double framing lines, an item often used to assist in dating a jar.
Condition: there are a couple slip cracks on the interior bottom but they do not penetrate the wall of the jar. A blow-out occurred during firing in the polished lower section of the jar. The potter placed the blown out piece back into position.
Provenance: from a gentleman in California
Recommended Reading: The Pottery of Zia Pueblo by Harlow and Lanmon
- Category: Historic
- Origin: Zia Pueblo, Tsi-ya
- Medium: clay, pigment
- Size: 11-3/4” tall x 14-3/4” diameter
- Item # C3421.19 SOLD
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