Tafoya, Pasqualita – Gunmetal Fired Bowl with Cloud Designs (1930’s)

3"w x 1.75"h

$ 175.00

Pasqualita Tafoya was the sister of noted potter SaraFina Tafoya and the matriarch of a family of renowned potters.  Her early pottery are primarily carved vessels with some unusual styles of carved patterns.  This is one of the earliest we have seen of her work.  It is fully polished and painted with a cloud and rain pattern. The bowl has been fired to a gunmetal coloration.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Pascualita”.  Interestingly, there are numerous variations on the spelling of her name depending on the time period when they were made.  The bowl is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.