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Pueblo pottery

Americas tradition · 5 examples · indicative market tier: $50k–1M (high collector)

Pueblo pottery are ceramic objects made by the Indigenous Pueblo people and their antecedents, the Ancestral Puebloans and Mogollon cultures in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. For centuries, pottery has been central to pueblo life as a feature of ceremonial and utilitarian usage. The clay is locally sourced, most frequently handmade (not thrown on a potters wheel nor cast in a mold), and fired traditionally in an earthen pit. Wikipedia →

Types & examples

Bowl with Large Diamond-Shaped Area Interior with Dotted Lines and Diamonds, and Interlocking Stepped Motifs
Bowl with Large Diamond-Shaped Area Interior with Dotted Lines and Diamonds, and Interlocking Stepped Motifs, 950–1400
Art Institute of Chicago
Water Jar (Olla)
Water Jar (Olla), 1880s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Jar (Olla)
Jar (Olla), 1875
Cleveland Museum of Art
Acomita polychrome water jar
Acomita polychrome water jar, ca. 1790
The Met
Water Jar
Water Jar, about 1880
The Met

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