Youngblood, Nancy – Wedding Vase with Carved Avanyu (1980)

1.75"w x 2.5"h

$ 2,900.00

Nancy Youngblood is known for her swirl melon bowls and carved pottery.  This is one of her classic small wedding vases.  It is from 1980.  The wedding vase is coil built and VERY deeply carved around the center of the piece with a water serpent design.  As the piece is turned, the water serpent has cloud, rain, and lightning designs.  The spouts are elongated. The entire surface is fully polished, even the underside of the handle!  It was fired to a glassy black.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Nancy Youngblood Cutler”