This form is often referred to as a wedding vase.
The spirals on either side below its wings seem to suggest an updraft causing the bird to elevate, as though a gust of unplanned wind.
Description | This form is often referred to as a wedding vase. The spirals on either side below its wings seem to suggest an updraft causing the bird to elevate, as though a gust of unplanned wind. |
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About the Artist | (deceased 1973) This Maricopa potter was well known and is cited in Dirt Making Things An Apprenticeship in Maricopa Pottery as told to Janet Stoeppelmann by Mary Fernald. |
Medium | Polished and painted pottery, paddle and anvil formed (iron oxide red slip with black mesquite sap paint) |
Size | 4 3/4" height (including handle) X 4" width X 3 1/3" depth |
Signed | "G. M." underneath |
Date of creation | Circa 1965-1970 |
Condition | Excellent |
Provenance | Ka Sw |