(UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL POTTERY IS IN OUR TUCSON STORE)
Ryan Roller created this one-of-a-kind lidded redware jar with an Avanyu (Water Serpent) pattern carved into the base and added a sculpture of the avanyu on the lid, In. first for him, he added a blue-green stone, found while elk hunting, for the horn and then carved and painted a piece of walnut for the water issuing from it’s mouth. (Also something unique, as most potter have lightning issuing from its mouth. A terrific work in clay! $1000.
Eric Fender (Than Tsideh/Sun Bird) of Santa Clara Pueblo created this matte black on polished black jar with an Avanyu motif plus sun, clouds and dragonflies. 4.5 inches high and 4 inches across. $700.
This jar was made by Sharon Naranjo-Garcia of Santa Clara Pueblo. 9 by 6 inches. $875.
A 12” tall San Juan ‘wedding’ vase that dates somewhere around 1900. It had the original price tag on the bottom: $2.75 Due to inflation over the past 100+ years….. its current market value is $1275.
The turtle in the photos above was made by Ryan Roller. It measures 6.5 inches long and 3.5 inches high, $600.
Ryan Roller of Santa Clara Pueblo made this striking ‘barb-wire’ design blackware jar, 4 by 5.25 inches. $600.
The pot shown in the photos in the center and right was made by Robert Cleto Nichols, also from Santa Clara. This beauty measures 4.5 inches high and is 5.5 inches across, $475
This unsigned Santa Clara was made in the 1950s. It is 7 inches wide and 3.5 inches tall. $220.
A blackware vase by Minnie Vigil (Santa Clara-Pojoaque) who is best known for her polychrome ware. This was made about 20-25 years ago as Minnie, now 89, makes very little pottery anymore. 6.5 inches high. $400.
< This polychrome dish was made by the well-regarded potter, Belen Tapia (1914-1999). It measures 5.75 by just over 1 inches. $110.
