Zuni Pueblo Child Size Polychrome Jar with Heart Design [SOLD]

There is a charm to small pottery vessels that gets lost in larger size ones.  Perhaps it is our association with small children and small animals that always attracts our attention.  This small jar not only is charming, it has a most unusual and concentrated design pattern for its size.  There are four design panels on the body that occupy the space from the shoulder to the base.  Each of the four is densely compact with bold black lines, filled in with fine lines in black and red, rain clouds attached to the sides and hearts at the top and bottom.  The neck design is a sweeping rain bird filled with fine lines.

The Zuni Pueblo Child Size Polychrome Jar with Heart Design equates in beauty with any large jar and perhaps even exceeds its larger competitors.  The designs are not only unique and intriguing, they were expertly applied.  The jar most likely dates to the early 1900s. 

Condition: excellent condition

Provenance: from a private collection

Recommended Reading: The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo by Harlow and Lanmon