Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
1890
Ceramic, white slip, mineral pigment
Height 5½ in (14 cm); diameter 6½ in (16.5 cm)
Provenance: Lancaster, PA trade; old collection label on underside
Zuni polychrome jars of the late nineteenth century are among the most accomplished expressions of Pueblo ceramic painting, produced at the height of the tradition and distributed through trade networks that brought Southwestern material to East Coast collections from the 1880s onward. This jar carries bold decoration in black and red-orange mineral pigment on a cream white slip ground, with large scroll forms and geometric panels incorporating stepped and triangular elements organized in horizontal registers across the body. The dark banding at the neck and base frames the composition and is characteristic of Zuni jar decoration of this period.
The scroll motif, one of the most persistent elements in Zuni ceramic painting, is rendered here with the confident, sweeping line work associated with accomplished potters working within an established visual tradition. The surface retains the warm tonal variation of the original mineral pigment, with honest age and wear throughout. An old collection label on the underside of the vessel indicates a prior collecting history consistent with the Lancaster, Pennsylvania trade provenance and the dispersal of Zuni material into East Coast collections during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
1890
Ceramic, white slip, mineral pigment
Height 5½ in (14 cm); diameter 6½ in (16.5 cm)
Provenance: Lancaster, PA trade; old collection label on underside
Zuni polychrome jars of the late nineteenth century are among the most accomplished expressions of Pueblo ceramic painting, produced at the height of the tradition and distributed through trade networks that brought Southwestern material to East Coast collections from the 1880s onward. This jar carries bold decoration in black and red-orange mineral pigment on a cream white slip ground, with large scroll forms and geometric panels incorporating stepped and triangular elements organized in horizontal registers across the body. The dark banding at the neck and base frames the composition and is characteristic of Zuni jar decoration of this period.
The scroll motif, one of the most persistent elements in Zuni ceramic painting, is rendered here with the confident, sweeping line work associated with accomplished potters working within an established visual tradition. The surface retains the warm tonal variation of the original mineral pigment, with honest age and wear throughout. An old collection label on the underside of the vessel indicates a prior collecting history consistent with the Lancaster, Pennsylvania trade provenance and the dispersal of Zuni material into East Coast collections during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
