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Curran, Dolores – Small Jar with Avanyu, Clouds and Kiva Step Designs
3"w x 2"h
$ 1,000.00
This is a very detailed polychrome jar by Dolores Curran. She continues to create intricately incised and painted pottery. She was inspired to create these red polychrome incised and painted by her husband, Alvin Curran. He was known for his incised San Juan-style pottery in the late 1990s. This jar has a red polished rim and base. The rim is painted buff-on-red with cloud and lightning designs. The base has tiny cloud and bird patterns. The central band is matte with an incised avanyu around the center. Above the shoulder are cloud patterns while below are rainbow and kiva step designs. For the size, it is very detailed piece that combines painted and incised imagery! All the colorations are from natural clay slips. It is an extraordinary amount of time to create pieces intricate both in design and to use the various clay additions. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dolores Curran”.
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This is a very detailed polychrome jar by Dolores Curran. She continues to create intricately incised and painted pottery. She was inspired to create these red polychrome incised and painted by her husband, Alvin Curran. He was known for his incised San Juan-style pottery in the late 1990s. This jar has a red polished rim and base. The rim is painted buff-on-red with cloud and lightning designs. The base has tiny cloud and bird patterns. The central band is matte with an incised avanyu around the center. Above the shoulder are cloud patterns while below are rainbow and kiva step designs. For the size, it is very detailed piece that combines painted and incised imagery! All the colorations are from natural clay slips. It is an extraordinary amount of time to create pieces intricate both in design and to use the various clay additions. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dolores Curran”.