Maria & Julian Martinez Black 9 Pottery Bowl. This pot has been a family treasure since m. Y father collected this pot while. Traveling in New Mexico. It’s the classic San Ildefonso style, black matte design contrasting with high gloss. It’s signed on the bottom Marie & Julian. It’s in good condition, some scuffs and surface wear and a water stain on the inside. No cracks or hairlines. In the early 1900′s, Julian worked with Dr. Edgar Lee Hewett, Director of the Museum of New Mexico with an excavation team of anthropologists and archeologists from the Smithsonian Institution to excavate Avanyu black-on-black pottery. Julian and Maria worked to recreate a finish similar to the ancient pottery. They developed a new form of dung-firing pottery, which creates a low oxygen environment. Maria turned the pots and Julian painted them. This pot is clearly signed by both. Julian developed a way to mix ink and clay to create the matte black designs that would not burn off during firing. These pots aren’t glazed- to create the high gloss the unfired pot is burnished to a hard sheen to create the high gloss finish. The item “Antique Marie & Julian VIntage Pueblo Dung-fired Black Pottery Bowl SIGNED” is in sale since Sunday, July 17, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1935-Now\Pottery”. The seller is “patriseart” and is located in Accokeek, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, HN, JM.
- Provenance: Ownership History Available
- Artisan: Maria Martinez
- Origin: US
- Tribal Affiliation: San Ildephonso Pueblo
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
