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Tafoya, Jennifer – Wide Shoulder Water Jar with Two Garter Snakes and Flowers
5"w x 3.25"h
$ 3,600.00
Jennifer Tafoya is known for her clay vessels and also her amazing animal figures. This water jar is highly polished and fired a deep, glossy black. The jar has an elegant shape with a round shoulder and turned-out rim. The neck is fully polished and the inside of the neck is slipped with mica. The jar has two garter snakes encircling the piece. Check out the detail in the scales of the snakes. They are highlighted with green clay and have a very subtle appearance. As well, the way they weave themselves across the surface of the jar is phenomenal! They seem to be wrapped around and in between the flowers! All the various colors are derived from natural clay slips. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Jennifer Tafoya”.
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Jennifer Tafoya is known for her clay vessels and also her amazing animal figures. This water jar is highly polished and fired a deep, glossy black. The jar has an elegant shape with a round shoulder and turned-out rim. The neck is fully polished and the inside of the neck is slipped with mica. The jar has two garter snakes encircling the piece. Check out the detail in the scales of the snakes. They are highlighted with green clay and have a very suble appearance. As well, the way they weave themselves across the surface of the jar is phenomenal! They seems to be wrapped around and in between the flowers! All the various colors are derived from natural clay slips. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Jennifer Tafoya”.
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