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King Galleries - Indian Market 2023
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Historic
$ 325.00
Myron Sarracino is one of the few Laguna potters working today. He learned to make pottery from Gladys Paquin and creates pieces that are thin-walled and tightly painted. This jar has a high shoulder and a more classic “olla” shape. The design has a sunrise pattern painted with a red clay slip around the shoulder of the jar. The “step” pattern is the mesa with the sun rising behind. There are plant designs along the upper shoulder and a checkerboard pattern around the neck. The cloud swirls are painted with additional fine-line rain patterns. The jar is a nice balance of form and design. Note on the rim that there is a painted “spirit line”, which is where the “spirit” of the painter is able to leave the piece and it is also a tribute to the potters who came before. It is seen on much older Acoma and Laguna pottery. The jar is signed on the bottom.