Sahmie, Jean – Large Bowl with 16 Flute Players

10.5"w x 5.5"h

$ 600.00

Jean Sahmie is a daughter of noted potter Priscilla Nampeyo and a descendant of Nampeyo of Hano. This large bowl is fully vertically polished and painted with bee-weed (a plant)f or the black.  The vertical polish harkens to historic pottery which had this “onion skin” type of polished surface.  There are sixteen flute players encircling the bowl.  Each is painted with lines of rain separating them.  The bowl has been traditionally fired and it has some striking blushes on the surface.  It is signed on the bottom, “Jean Sahme”.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  While Jean no longer makes pottery, there is a wonderful creativity in each of her pieces!