Vintage Santa Clara 9\" Polychrome Pottery VASE Margaret & Luther Gutierrez 1970s For Sale

Vintage Santa Clara 9\" Polychrome Pottery VASE Margaret & Luther Gutierrez 1970s

For your consideration is this beautiful vintage hand coiled and hand painted polychrome pottery bud style vase by award winning Santa Clara potters Margaret and Luther Gutierrez, circa late 1970s era.

This spectacular pottery vase features very fine and intricate hand painting of various symbols for the Avanyu serpent, clouds, bear paws, swirls and more.The painting is crisp, meticulous and precise. The neck is accented with an exquisite checkerboard band, a favorite design element of Luther\'s. All the various colors are derived from native clay slips and it was this polychrome style (i.e. more than 3 colors of clay) for which they are world renown.

Measures approx 9\" tall x 6\" at the widest. It is signed “Margaret/Luther, Santa Clara Pueblo” and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. There is one slight nick on the rim that is barely noticeable. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

A beautiful vintage 1970s Santa Clara polychrome pottery bud style vase by famous brother and sister potters Margaret and Luther Gutierrez to add to your collection!

Margaret Gutierrez (born 1936-) and Luther Gutierrez (1911–1987) were brother and sister potters from the Santa Clara pueblo, NM. They continued the polychrome style of painting made famous by their parents Lela and Van Gutierrez. They learned the art from their parents and began making pottery together in the 1960s.

Margaret and Luther’s painted slips included unique color combinations. Their first creations included polychrome bowls, jars and wedding vases with designs centered on the Avanyu (water serpent), rain, clouds and lightning and sky bands. In the 1970s they came up with their original idea of making polychrome caricatures of animals and other smaller figurines rather than the jars made famous by their parents. These were painted with the same slips and pigments used on earlier pieces. Their miniature figures and pottery are as collectible and rare as the normal sized pottery.

We have many years dealing in fine arts and assure you that this item will be well packaged for shipping.

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