Tahbo, Dianna – Plainware Jar with Red Neck (1979)
$ 350.00
Dianna Tahbo was known for her tightly painted pottery and especially her beautiful miniatures. This jar has a high shoulder and a short neck. It is fully polished and the inside of the neck is slipped with red clay. The jar was traditionally fired to create the blushes on the surface. The jar has an amazing polished surface. The jar is simple but striking surface with intense colorations! The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dianna Tahbo”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Dianna Tahbo was known for her tightly painted pottery and especially her beautiful miniatures. This jar has a high shoulder and a short neck. It is fully polished and the inside of the neck is slipped with red clay. The jar was traditionally fired to create the blushes on the surface. The jar has an amazing polished surface. Did you know that Dianna only started doing plain polished pottery after Mark began making them around 1996. The result is a simple but striking surface with intense colorations! The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dianna Tahbo”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Tahbo, Dianna (1960-2011)
Dianna Tahbo was a sister of noted potter Mark Tahbo. She was also a great-great-granddaughter of Grace Chapella. She was known for her miniature pottery and fine line painting. Over the course of her career, she won numerous awards for her pottery including "Best of Miniatures" at Santa Fe Indian Market.