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Martinez, Maria – Gunmetal Fired Jar with Flower Designs (1920s)
4.75"w x 4.25"h
$ 1,600.00
This is a striking early piece by Maria Martinez. The jar was made and polished by Maria Martinez and then painted by her husband, Julian Martinez. It is a stylized plant design. The jar uses the open polished space to accentuate the designs, which is typical of Julian’s painting in the early 1920s. The piece was highly fired to a silvery/gunmetal coloration. It is signed on the bottom, “Marie”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. There is some crackling in the slip in the gunmetal areas which is from the heat of the firing and not unexpected in their early gunmetal pottery.
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This is an striking early piece by Maria Martinez. The jar was made and polished by Maria Martinez and then painted by her husband, Julian Martinez. It is a stylized plant design. The jar uses the open polished space to accentuate the designs and this was typical of Julian’s painting in the early 1920s. The piece was highly fired to a silvery/gunmetal coloration. It is signed on the bottom, “Marie”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.