Ami, Loren – Jar with Fox Design

6"w x 5"h

Original price was: $ 550.00.Current price is: $ 375.00.

Loren Ami’s pottery is inspired by traditional Hopi designs and forms. Each piece is coil built, painted with native clays (red) and bee-weed (black) and outdoor fired.  This jar is one of his classic shapes with a wide shoulder and a turned out neck. The neck of the jar is slipped with a micaceous red clay. The design on the jar are a series of foxes, which are a classic design from Nampeyo of Hano.  Note the use of the additional red and white clay slips on the body of the figures.  The jar has been traditionally fired which creates the blushes on the surface. It is signed on the bottom.