Pictorial Bird Design on Double Spouted Jar

Grace Monahan

About The Pictorial Bird Design on Double Spouted Jar

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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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.
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

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