Naranjo, Nicolasa – Jar with Avanyu and Rain Designs (1960s)
$ 550.00
Nicolasa Naranjo was a daughter of potter Tomasita Tafoya Naranjo and a niece of Margaret Tafoya. She created a wide variety of pieces over the years of her pottery career, including polychrome pieces as well as black-on-black pottery. This jar is round in shape and it is fully polished. It is painted with an avanyu around the center with rain and cloud designs on the rim. The jar was fire to a silvery black coloration. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Nicolasa”.
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Nicolasa Naranjo was a daughter of potter Tomasita Tafoya Naranjo and a niece of Margaret Tafoya. She created a wide variety of pieces over the years of her pottery career, including polychrome pieces as well as black-on-black pottery. This jar is round in shape and it is fully polished. It is painted with an avanyu around the center with rain and cloud designs on the rim. The jar was fire to a silvery black coloration. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Nicolasa”.
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Naranjo, Nicolasa (1907-2002)
Nicolasa Naranjo was a daughter of potter Tomasita Tafoya Naranjo and a niece of Margaret Tafoya. It was Tomasita who taught Margaret how to make pottery. Nicolasa was known for her larger pottery, painted in the classic black-on-black style.