Martinez, Pauline – Bowl with Clouds and Rain Designs

2.5"w x 1.75"h

$ 150.00

Pauline Martinez is a daughter of noted potter Cresencia Tafoya (1918-99) and a sister of Harriet Tafoya, Annie Baca, and Mark Tafoya. Although she was born at Santa Clara Pauline married and moved to San Ildefonso.  This is a classic piece of her pottery that is a round bowl with a very highly polished surface.  It is painted with an alternating cloud, mountain, and rain design.  It is fired to a glossy black.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Pauline”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.