Navajo Hand-Painted Pottery Vases, Signed — Pair with Desert Mesa Scenes View Watchlist >
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Lot # F321
System ID # 29131489
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Navajo Hand-Painted Pottery Vases, Signed — Pair with Desert Mesa Scenes
A matched pair of Navajo hand-painted pottery vases in the bud-form silhouette favored by Diné potters. Both vessels share the same teardrop profile with flared collar, but their decorative programs play as opposites — one rendered against a deep matte black ground with sgraffito-etched lightning, mesas, and yucca; the other on a pale bisque field with a luminous painted sunset behind silhouetted buttes, bordered by a stepped geometric band that echoes Pueblo textile and basketry motifs.
The desert-scape imagery — monument buttes, sheet lightning, yucca spikes, banded sunset skies — is a hallmark vocabulary of Navajo painted ware produced across the Four Corners region. Both pieces are signed on the underside. Sold together as a complementary pair, light/dark counterparts that display beautifully side by side.
CONDITION
Good overall with no damage noted. Light scuffing and shelf wear consistent with display use. Painted surfaces are bright; sgraffito lines remain crisp.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Each Vase: 8" H × 6" Diameter (approx.)
- Quantity: 2 vases
- Both vases signed on underside
- Construction: Hand-painted ceramic
