Trujillo, Reyecita – Bowl with Painted Mountain Designs (1930’s)

6"w x 2.75"h

$ 275.00

Reycita Trujillo is one of the early revivalists in San Juan pottery.  This bowl is an experimental derivation in the early San Juan revival. The piece is fully polished red and painted with red clay and then outlined in white. This is a style which was made famous in the 1930s by Juan Cruz and Tonita Roybal of San Ildefonso Pueblo.  It is interesting to see how the San Juan potters incorporated ideas from other Pueblos and revised them into their own style.  While the incised work became “iconic” for the Pueblo, experimental pieces are unique and part of the history of the revival.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Reycita Trujillo”. The bowl is good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.

Reyecita was one of the original Eight San Juan potters who revived the art form in the 1930s.  At San Juan, the Pueblo was renown for their pottery but by about 1890 there were no potters left. In 1930 Regina Cata organized a pottery study group at San Juan Pueblo with the intent of revitalizing pottery production. The group studied ancient potsherds of wares made at San Juan in earlier times and selected Potsuwi‘i Incised Ware (1450-1500) as a basis for a contemporary pottery type.

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