Adobe Gallery Blog

The origin of this jar is interesting.  The shape of the vessel, the texture of the base and the design elements do not all seem to fit any single source of origin.  One could assume it to be from Santo Domingo Pueblo except the color of the un-slipped clay below the design is much more like that from San Ildefonso Pueblo as is the slope of that area. The cream slip appears to be rag wiped, not stone polished.  The cream slip extends an inch inside the inner rim and, below that, is a one-inch red slip further inside the rim.

Read more about this historic pottery here..