Lot 46
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Vidal Aguilar (Santo Domingo Pueblo, b. 1972). Painted pottery jar with goats, n.d. Signed "Vidal Aguilar / S.D.P." on underside of base. A marvelous and quite massive pottery jar by Santo Domingo Pueblo artist Vidal Aguilar of the famous Aguilar family of potters that date back to the 1800s. The bulbous vessel features a piriform body and flared rim sitting upon a planar base. The majority of the exterior is enveloped in a matte white slip with a black-on-white band of goats alternating with plants wrapping around the body, surmounted by a row of circles and a register of feather motifs that encircle the rim. The interior and lower quarter of the exterior are left bare terracotta, beautifully complementing the painted decoration. Though some of Vidal's works are indebted to his influential ancestors Felipita Aguilar Garcia and Asuncion Aguilar Cate, he moves in his own direction by adding figural designs, and expanding the size of his pieces beyond that of the typical pueblo water jar. Size: 13.5" Diameter x 21.25" H (34.3 cm x 54 cm)
According to Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Artist Biographies": "Vidal Aguilar makes some of the largest polychrome ollas at Santo Domingo in the Aguilar family tradition. His pottery is hand coiled and polished. His black paint is a mineral pigment used centuries ago, rather than the typically used Guaco or Mountain Bee plant. His red and white paints are natural clay. He fires his pottery in a pit."
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Provenance: private Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA collection
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- Condition: Small area of rim has been professionally reattached with some minor chipping to visible break line on interior. Some debris on interior, a few scuffs and stains as shown, and a few miniscule abrasions, but otherwise mostly intact with an excellent presentation. Nice pigments and clear imagery.
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