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A Zia polychrome jar with a classic bird design. Circa 1920-1940. It measures 11 by 11 inches and is in very good condition for its age: no cracks, no chips no gouges $2600. A Zia polychrome olla, circa 1900. 9.5 by 10 inches. $3600.
A Kewa (Santo Domingo) bowl by Robert Tenorio (b 1950) It measures 10 by 12.5 inches. $2400.
Maricopa bowl ~70 years old. 5.5inches in diameter and 3.25 inches high. $240.
Above is a unique micaceous effigy jar with sgrafitto work, by Rose Naranjo (1917-2004). From Santa Clara, she was married in and lived at Taos pueblo for 26 years - which is why she used micaceous clay. She was the matriarch of one of the most innovative family of potters, now in their 4th generation. 19.5 inches tall. $1800.
At left: a cardinal plate by Vicky Tortalita Calabaza. 10.5 inches and $400
Vicky (Tortalita) Calabaza brought these in. Her beautiful cardinal plate is 10.5 inches across and $400. The small bird dish is 7 inches across and 1 inch deep. $200. The olla shape vessel is just over 6 inches across and 4.75 inches tall. $325.
Two jars by Dina Yepa and her husband Ed. Each is 5 by 5.5 inches $250. The plate is by Annette (Tafoya) Romero from the Keres pueblo of Cochiti. The sister of potter Juan Tafoya, she was born in 1944 in Santa Clara Pueblo. She started out making Tewa blackware but switched to making storytellers in the 1980s, having learned from her aunt but she also took classes in pottery-making at the Institute of American Indian Art, which her husband also attended. Her husband Wilson Romero, is one of two fetish carvers in Cochiti. She is best known for her storyteller figurines and rarely makes plates or bowls. 11.5 inches and $200
An incised redware bowl from Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan) Pueblo by Tomasita Montoya. (1899-1978) She was was one of the original 7 San Juan potters who revived the art form in the 1930's, a style based upon an earlier San Juan pottery ware called Potsuwi‘i Incised Ware (1450-1500). 7.5 by 6 inches. NOTE: the second image is closer to the actual color. $450. Two views of a cloud bowl by Ed and Dena Yepa. (Jemez nd Kewa) 6 by 2 3/8 inches. $130. (TUCSON)
Alvina Yepa brought beauty into our Tucson shop - before we moved downtown. The motifs include: feathers, clouds and Avanyu - the water serpent. It’s 5 by 4.5 inches and $475.
Another beautiful pot made by Alvina Yepa. Featuring a ridged body with a terraced lip on one side with corn and cloud motifs. This one is 5 3/8 inches high and $475. (SANTA FE)
Jacob T Frye of Tesuque Pueblo made this vessel. (above right) He is a 4th generation artist and potter as well as a Winter 2019 graduate of IAIA and we think he has demonstrated potential and vision. 12 inches by 8.5 inches and $1800.
