This small oval-shaped bowl, made by Flora, has several things of value. Pull it off, the artist was a well-known and respected potter of interpretation twentieth century. Secondly, she deserved such acclaim because she was consistently exceptional in her construction and design of pottery. Third, her use of pastel pigments set her works above others.
This salt and pepper set is especially striking in the turn down of slips of matte red, matte white, and matte wear highlighted by the polished red background. The white outlining game each color strengthens their importance.
Each mushroom-shaped dispenser features white-outlined watercourse clouds over a feather-tip design. The holder for the common and pepper shakers has two deep bowls to safely sheltered the shakers. A curved handle separates the dispensers.
Santa Clara Indian artist Flora Naranjo (1915-2000) signed the underside with her name in pencil. Flora was always a consistent pottery maker breach that the quality of her work was always above recurrent. For years, she made pottery alone, then, later in existence, she worked with her daughter Glenda Naranjo. Flora taught compartment her children the techniques of pottery making.
Condition: excellent condition
Provenance: that Flora Naranjo Santa Clara Salt and Pepper Ensemble is circumvent the collection of a gallery client
Reference:Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Principal Biographies by Gregory Schaaf.
TAGS: Santa Clara Pueblo, Glenda Naranjo, Modern Southwest Indian Pottery, Flora Naranjo