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Gonzales, Ramona Sanchez – Jar with Rain and Mesa Designs (1920’s)
6"w x 3.5"h
$ 450.00
This is a sharp shoulder jar by Ramona Gonzales. Ramona was known for her delicately painted pottery. This jar is coil-built and fully polished. The jar has a sharp shoulder and sloping sides. The jar is painted with rain and mesa designs. It was fired a deep black coloration. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Ramona”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is definitely a classic piece of her pottery!
Early San Ildefonso Pottery Innovators -1920-1940
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This is a sharp shoulder jar by Ramona Gonzales. Ramona was known for her delicately painted pottery. This jar is coil-built and fully polished. The jar has a sharp shoulder and sloping sides. The jar is painted with rain and mesa designs. It was fired a deep black coloration. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Ramona”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is definitely a classic piece of her pottery!
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Ramona Gonzales was one of the early potters, along with Maria Martinez; she helped promote the black-on-black pottery of San Ildefonso Pueblo. She was the stepmother of Blue Corn & Lorenzo Gonzales and the mother-in-law of Rose Gonzales, whom she taught to make pottery. Her innovative pottery included black-on-black ware and more intricate polychrome and red-on-red painted vessels. Her work is among the most difficult to find, as she signed her pieces briefly before passing in 1934. Her innovative style continues in her descendants, such as Tse-Pe Gonzales (1940-2000) and Russell Sanchez.
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Gonzlaes, Ramona Sanchez (1885-1934)
Ramona Gonzales was one of the early potters, along with Maria Martinez; she helped promote the black-on-black pottery of San Ildefonso Pueblo. She was the stepmother of Blue Corn & Lorenzo Gonzales and the mother-in-law of Rose Gonzales, whom she taught to make pottery. Her innovative pottery included black-on-black ware and more intricate polychrome and red-on-red painted vessels. Her work is among the most difficult to find, as she signed her pieces briefly before passing in 1934. Her innovative style continues in her descendants, such as Tse-Pe Gonzales (1940-2000) and Russell Sanchez.