Antonio, Frederica – “Four Design” Jar

5.75"w x 5"h

$ 1,100.00

Frederica Antonio is renown for her nearly precision perfect-painted pottery. Each piece is coil built and then finely painted.  The black is bee-weed (a plant) and the colors are all various clay slips. Her designs are a series of fine vertical and horizontal lines which are then filled in to create larger images in the squares.  This is a smaller jar which utilizes the shape to focus on the design.  The jar has four large sections of design, wit the rain, snow, wind and corn patterns.  Separating them are linear bands of wind patterns.  The neck of the jar is intricately painted with a checkerboard pattern which is then painted with four different colors representing the four directions.  Check out the detail in the painting on this piece!  It is exceptional!  The base of the jar is concave, reminiscent of historic Acoma jars which were carried on the head.  This combination of thin walls, classic shape and tightly painted design create a piece which is visually  stunning!  The jar is signed on the bottom.