The Antiquarian at Greenwich

Zia Pueblo Polychrome Olla (Water Jar)

Zia Pueblo Polychrome Olla (water jar). New Mexico, late 19th/early 20th century. Slip-decorated and painted earthenware. The vessel features a characteristic Zia Pueblo polychrome decoration including a painted deer or elk figure with antlers rendered in black slip, a red flower motif, diagonal stripe banding around the lower body in red and black, and a scalloped rim with red painted undulation. The body transitions from a cream/tan slip ground at the upper register to an unslipped red earthenware base. 

Dimensions: H: 9 x W: 9 1/4