Tenorio, Robert – Polychrome Jar with Birds and Flowers

10"w x 8.5"h

Original price was: $ 850.00.Current price is: $ 750.00.

This is a classic Kewa jar by Robert Tenorio.  The jar is painted with wild spinach (black) on a red clay slip.  The jar has a high shoulder and a short neck.  On the outside, the jar has large Kewa style birds and flowers. Each bird and flower is different.  The inside of the rim of the jar has clouds painted aks the design.  The interior has eleven birds painted with a red clay slip.  They are painted in a petroglyph style.  One of the birds has his classic handprint impression in the clay.  The bottom of the jar is slipped red.  The jar was traditionally fired outdoors.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Robert Tenorio, Kewa”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.