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Gonzales, Rose – Gunmetal Jar with Rain and Cloud Designs (1930s)

5.5"w x 4"h

$ 500.00

Rose Gonzales is often considered the first at San Ildefonso Pueblo to make carved pottery. However, over the course of her career, she created a variety of styles including plainware, painted, and carved pottery.  This bowl is one of her classic shapes and designs.  It has a sharp shoulder and sloping sides.  It is deeply carved in her classic “cameo style”. There are rain, lighting, and cloud designs. The jar was fired to a striking silvery gunmetal coloraiton.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Rose”.  It is in very good condition with no crack, restoration or repair.

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Gonzales, Rose (1900-1989)

Rose Gonzales

Rose Gonzales was one of the early innovators of deeply carved pottery at San Ildefonso pueblo in the 1930's. She was originally from San Juan Pueblo and married Robert Gonzales in 1920. Her carved pottery was a cameo in appearance as it is not deep and ends on the sharp edge of her pottery.  She was the mother of Tse-Pe Gonzales and taught him and his wife, Dora Tse-Pe to make pottery.  She was also the great-aunt of Russell Sanchez and taught him to make pottery.  Over the years, she won numerous awards for her pottery and her distinctive designs and highly burnished surfaces.