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Curran, Dolores – Polychrome Jar with Swirling Birds, Mountains, Rain Designs, and Lid
2.75"w x 3.75"h (w/ lid)
$ 1,200.00
This is an elegant jar by Dolores Curran. She continues to create intricately incised and painted pottery. Her husband, Alvin Curran, inspired her to create these red polychrome incised and painted. He was known for his incised San Juan-style pottery in the late 1990s. This jar has a round, storage jar shape and a short neck. The top and bottom are fully polished red. Around the neck are six swirling birds. Around the sides are alternating cloud, mountain, and rain designs. All the various colors are from different clay slips. The jar has a lid with square finial and it is fully polished. There are red-on-red lightning designs on the top of the lid It is an extraordinary amount of time to create intricate pieces in design and use the various clay additions. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dolores Curran”.
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This is an elegant jar by Dolores Curran. She continues to create intricately incised and painted pottery. Her husband, Alvin Curran, inspired her to create these red polychrome incised and painted. He was known for his incised San Juan-style pottery in the late 1990s. This jar has a round, storage jar shape and a short neck. The top and bottom are fully polished red. Around the neck are six swirling birds. Around the sides are alternating cloud, mountain, and rain designs. All the various colors are from different clay slips. The jar has a lid with square finial and it is fully polished. There are red-on-red lightning designs on the top of the lid It is an extraordinary amount of time to create intricate pieces in design and use the various clay additions. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dolores Curran”.
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Curran, Dolores (b. 1954)
