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Tafoya, Ray - Wedding Vase with Hummigbirds (1987)

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Tafoya, Ray – Wedding Vase with Hummigbirds (1987)

Name: Tafoya, Ray - Wedding Vase with Hummigbirds (1987)
Availability: InStock

2"w x 2.75"h

$ 800.00

This is one of Ray Tafoya’s few wedding vase miniatures. The body is fully polished and the spouts are matte. The piece has a realistic hummingbird on each side. There are feather designs on the side and additional highlights of yellow and blue clay. The wedding vase is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom in the clay.

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Categories: Miniatures, Santa Clara Pueblo, Signed Historic Pottery Tag: Ray Tafoya

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This is one of Ray Tafoya’s few wedding vase miniatures. The entire piece is fully polished and fired red. The design is a hummingbird in a medallion on each side of the piece. There are feather designs on the side and additional highlights of yellow clay. The wedding vase is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom in the clay.

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Tafoya, Ray (1956-1994)

Ray Tafoya was an innovator in incised pottery with his use of Mimbres designs and larger plain surfaces with highlighted designs. He was a brother of Paul Speckled Rock and Kenneth Tafoya. He was a grandson of Severa Tafoya, the husband of Emily Tafoya and the father of Jennifer Tafoya. He was known for his incised miniature pottery with designs highlighted by additional clay slips.