ELIZABETH NARANJO (1929-2017) A SANTA CLARA PUEBLO BLACK POTTERY VASE
the body carved with Avanyu, the Tewa spirit of water, with its lightning fork tongue symbolising drought and the need for rain, signed in pencil to the base, 21cm high; together with a tripod vessel with foliate decoration (2)
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£150 - £250
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Hammer price:
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£105 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Elizabeth Naranjo was the daughter of Pablita Chavarria and Jose Chavarria of Santa Clara Pueblo. She was an exceptional potter who won many awards for her work. Her sisters, Clara Shije, Reycita Naranjo, Florence Browning and Mary Singer are also potters of distinction.
Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art
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