Vintage Santa Clara AVANYU Red Bowl Pottery Hand Carved by Mary Cain (d) c1970s

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Vintage Santa Clara AVANYU Red Bowl Pottery Hand Carved by Mary Cain (d) c1970s:
$1190.00

For your consideration is this very beautiful hand coiled, hand painted and hand carved Santa Clara Avanyu red pottery bowl by renown Santa Clara potter Mary Cain (1915-2010), circa 1970s.

This is the classic Santa Clara redware pottery and features the symbolic Avanyu serpent around the bowl. There are additional designs to encompass the body as the bowl is turned. It is highly polished and the background has the traditional cream colored clay slip. Measures approx 4 1/2\" tall x 5 1/2\" wide. It is signed on the bottom, “Mary Cain”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

A sensational vintage Santa Clara redware Avanyu pottery bowl to add to your collection!

** Born in 1916, Mary Cain actively made redware and blackware since 1930. She was taught by her mother, Christina Naranjo and her grandmother, Sara Fina Tafoya. She won numerous awards throughout the years and her pottery items continue to remain much sought after by collectors around the world. Santa Clara Pueblo potter, Mary Cain, passed away Thursday, 22 April 2010, at age 95. Mary, whose Tewa name was Blue Rain, was a granddaughter of Sara Fina Tafoya and daughter of Christina Naranjo and she was the grandmother of famous Santa Clara artist Tammy Garcia and Autumn Borts. Those who knew Mary Cain will relish wonderful memories of her. She was a magnificent woman. **

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