Acoma Polychrome Pictorial Jar

with concave base and globular body, finely painted in burnished orange and dark brown against a cream slip, with heartline deer enclosed by rectangular framing lines, one poised to consume a berry-laden branch, the other with its head turned, all enclosed by typical geometric motifs; attributed to Marie Iteye Rey/Juanico (b. about 1866-68).

Acquired from Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM in 2011

"Some Newly Identified Potters Working at Acoma Pueblo around 1900," American Indian Art Magazine, Spring 2013

Lanmon and Harlow, 2013, The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo, fig. 18.09

Slight to wear to decoration on one side (perhaps burned in firing); otherwise very good condition.
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A photograph, circa 1906, of this lot with the potter is reproduced in Lanmon and Harlow, 2013, The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo, fig. 25.67.