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7 Pieces of Native American Santa Clara Pottery

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Pottery Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
7 Pieces of Native American Santa Clara Pottery
7 Pieces of Native American Santa Clara Pottery, includes: 1. Carved Pottery Melon Jar by Carmel Romero, measures 2'' x 2.5'' and is signed on the bottom 2. Black on Black Pottery Jar by Penny Martinez, measures 2'' x 2.5'', signed on the bottom 3. Black on Black Miniature Pottery by Linda Halsey, measures 1.5'' x 2'' and is signed on the bottom 4. Pottery Dish, measures 2'' x 6'' and is signed on the bottom, twisted pottery handle, highly burnished, very beautiful and unusual piece, signed Dorothy on the bottom, possibly an early Dorothy Gutierrez piece 5. Three Black Pottery Animals by Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez, includes lizard by Dorothy, largest is the frog by Dorothy and Paul measuring 2.5''L, and cat by Dorothy and Paul, FYI: ''Dorothy (Corn Maiden) 1940-present and Paul (White Corn) Gutierrez 1936-2017: He was born into the Santa Clara Pueblo and she into the Navajo Nation. Dorothy and Paul specialized in storytellers, mudheads, angels, animals, ornaments and nativities. They worked as a team with Dorothy forming the figures and Paul doing the polishing and finish work. Dorothy is carrying on the work they began together.''