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Subject: San Ildefonso Tall Neck Maria Martinez Jar
Maria Martinez was a very talented potter. She had the creativeness to devise numerous vessel shapes and each was visually superior to the shapes of others. This tall-neck jar is a good example. The lower body is large and visually provides a stable base to the tall slender tapering neck. This style neck on a body of lesser volume would not be as pleasing-a fact Maria understood.
This jar is signed Marie, which would place its date in the 1920s and would indicate that it was decorated by Julian. The neck design is a series of clouds and an Avanyu encircles the widest area of the body, designs that fit the shape of the vessel beautifully.
Condition: structurally in excellent condition. There are some slip cracks but they appear only to be slip cracks and they do not penetrate the clay body.
Provenance: from the collection of a Santa Fe family
Recommended Reading: The Legacy of Maria Poveka Martinez by Richard Spivey
Subject: San Ildefonso Tall Neck Maria Martinez Jar
Artist: Maria Martinez 1887-1980
Category: Contemporary
Origin: San Ildefonso Pueblo
Medium: native clay
Size: 12-1/4" tall x 10-1/4" diameter
Item # C3281