D Aguilar Blackware Pueblo Pottery Vase-Southwestern-New Mexico-Native American

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Hand-coiled and stone-polished black-on-black jar by Darrin Aguilar (D. Aguilar) of Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo, New Mexico. The warm jet-to-charcoal … Read more Hand-coiled and stone-polished black-on-black jar by Darrin Aguilar (D. Aguilar) of Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo, New Mexico. The warm jet-to-charcoal surface with matte banding shows classic Kewa aesthetics—reserved, graphic motifs achieved by a traditional reduction firing that turns the clay black while design areas remain matte. Aguilar is among the contemporary Kewa potters who carried forward 20th-century Pueblo innovations in blackware sparked by neighboring communities, adapting them to Kewa form and balance. Signed on the base “D. Aguilar / S.D.P.” Approx. 9.75" H x 7.5" W. Likely made circa late 1990s in New Mexico, USA. A striking piece for Southwest, organic modern, or eclectic interiors. See less