Sanchez, Russell – Polychrome Jar with Triple Star Design and 98 Stones
$ 6,800.00
This is a classic polychrome jar by Russell Sanchez. He continues to be one of the true innovators and revivalists in Pueblo pottery. Each piece is perfectly coil-built, stone-polished, and etched. This jar has a round shoulder and turned out rim. The inside of the neck is fully polished red and etched with a star design. The outside of the neck is etched with a larger star pattern, and the neck is polished a deep red. Below the shoulder are bands of mica and the base is polished white with an additional star design. The jar has inset turquoise and coral on the rim, shoulder, and neck. There are a total of 82 inset stones on this jar, which were added after the firing. Around the shoulder are rows of shell hei-shi beads. The contrast of the deep red and the white clay is striking on this piece! His deep red clay is another recent addition to his clay art, starting around 2005. As Russell continues to innovate from historic designs, he says, “Tradition means moving forward and adding to it. You keep moving forward. If we stayed stagnant we would no longer exist.” The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Russell”. It is exciting to see how this imagery is not new but Russell’s reinterpretation of it both modernizes and revives.
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This is a classic polychrome jar by Russell Sanchez. He continues to be one of the true innovators and revivalists in Pueblo pottery. Each piece is perfectly coil-built, stone-polished, and etched. This jar has a round shoulder and turned out rim. The inside of the neck is fully polished red and etched with a star design. The outside of the neck is etched with a larger star pattern, and the neck is polished a deep red. Below the shoulder are bands of mica and the base is polished white with an additional star design. The jar has inset turquoise and coral on the rim, shoulder, and neck. There are a total of 82 inset stones on this jar, which were added after the firing. Around the shoulder are rows of shell hei-shi beads. The contrast of the deep red and the white clay is striking on this piece! His deep red clay is another recent addition to his clay art, starting around 2005. As Russell continues to innovate from historic designs, he says, “Tradition means moving forward and adding to it. You keep moving forward. If we stayed stagnant we would no longer exist.” The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Russell”. It is exciting to see how this imagery is not new but Russell’s reinterpretation of it both modernizes and revives.
