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S. Keene (Acoma Pueblo, 20th century). Pottery jar, 1975. Signed on base with year and culture. A beautiful pottery jar featuring an attractive polychrome decorative program of characteristically stylized geometric and phytomorphic motifs in chocolate brown and deep orange on a white ground. The design itself is boldly painted on the white slip, almost like paint on canvas. Acoma potters would ultimately embrace horror vacui (literally, "the fear of empty space") in their designs, which was not only commercially successful - complexity equals value is a simple enough formula - but also aesthetically distinct from the work that preceded it, as evidenced in this lovely vessel. Size: 4.3" Diameter x 2.8" H (10.9 cm x 7.1 cm)

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Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, before 2000

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  • Condition: Signed on base with year and culture. Intact and excellent with nice preservation of decoration.

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