Posted 10 years ago
Tlynnie1942
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I got this a few years ago, it was added with another item I bought. It was only recently when moving things around that I took a second look at this.
Pottery is not my area of expertise at all, so when I saw the initials of "C.B" on the bottom when I first got it I gave it no thought at all. But, while I had it out again, I looked a little closer and saw a second signature. It was signed "Carlos Begay".
This is a simple piece of pottery, but I like that. It is only 3 1/2 inches high and 2 1/2 inches in diameter. It has a nice design around the top. It was fired in a pit, you can see one side is darker than the other. And pitch was poured on the inside so it could be used as a vessel to hold liquid.
While I can't be sure that this was done by THE Carlos Begay, it is still a nice piece. Small and simple and nicely made. Enjoy the pics :)
Gorgeous glaze.
is there a ceremonial break 0n the raised decoration are? traditional to all Diné pottery.....
see this site for example of ceremonial break on drum jar....click on pic's
Thank you guys, for the love :) And yes, racer4four, the glaze is great on this little jar. In the light, it looks like copper in places. Really cool :)
And melaniej, thanks for that info. I was able to look up what you meant and saw that this is called a Drum Jar. I put up a pic that shows a part of the "rope" design, and there is that place in the design that is not the same as the rest of the rope as it goes around the neck. I do not know if that small space would be called the Ceremonial Break, I would leave that up to experts that know this. Either way, I still love this simple little jar.
Thank you again for your help, which sent me on my way to knowing what kind of pottery this is :)