White Mata Ortiz Pottery Chiminea
Artist Tavo Silveira - Artist
Artist Tavo Silveira has hand crafted this Magnificent pottery with a slight taper. A flawless Navajo White Glaze covers the entire piece. Artist Quezada has mastered the shape of the chimenea with its wide body and wide neck. A solitary band wraps around the upper neck near the mouth. Regularly spaced Paquime designs dating back 1000 years create the band. Created from native white clay, the piece is prominent and dramatic.
Señor Silveira signs his work on the underside of this White Mata Ortiz Pottery.
A pottery ring is included.
Width - 7.25 inches
Height - 10.25 inches
Weight - 2 pounds 2 ounces
Mata Ortiz Pottery's history goes back a thousand years. As with many ancient cultures, the knowledge of its creation process was lost, until... A young man rediscovered the secrets of his ancestors through painstaking trial and error. With his efforts, a new resurgence of a time-honored practice was revived for the modern worl to enjoy and to appreciate..