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Historic Zia Pueblo Olla with Avian and Floral Designs - 25715
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Sep 30th 2016, 1:17pm
Split leaves, such as the orange and black ones on this jar, have existed on Zia Pueblo pottery since around the mid-1800s. This evolved by the 1880s to more plants, stems, flowers and berries usually associated with birds. The blooming plants on this jar have their roots attached to the pair of lower framing lines and they blossom upward into beautiful dotted flowers. The Zia birds associated with the design have their feet resting on the framing lines and they stand with head upright and wings raised above the body. The birds are outlined in black but the flowers are not outlined.