Laguna Polychrome Pictorial Jar

with concave base, high rounded shoulder and tapering neck, finely painted in reddish-brown and dark brown slips against a cream ground, with a broad panel enclosing a pair of rosettes, a narrow band of birds with exaggerated tailfeathers, and heartline deer above and below feathered arches, the neck with stylized geometric motifs and cross-hatched details.

Acquired from Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

The jar is in very good overall condition. Under black light, some minor in-painting on the surface can be detected. There is no evidence of cracks or plaster.
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