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Fire Cloud Jar by Alice Cling

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Pottery Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Fire Cloud Jar by Alice Cling
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50.00USD+ (12.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2017 Dec 03 @ 13:09UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Polished red ware, black fire clouds by Alice Cling. Unfortunately, there is a large chip at the base--price reflects this. 5.24" x 5.5" diameter. Navajo artist Alice Cling was born around 1946 in a hogan at Cow Springs, in the Tonalea section of Arizona. Her pots, embellished with the traditional thin coat of pitch, are deceptively simple. Their lasting beauty comes from her unusual use of clay and from the striking colors caused by outdoor firing. Alice learned how to make pottery from her mother, Rose Williams, an innovative Navajo potter who had been trained by her aunt, Grace Barlow, who had raised Rose at Shonto. Grace, Rose, and Alice have been the inspiration for many Navajo potters who have recently tried to make pottery for the "market." After graduating from an Indian school, Alice married Jerry Cling. They have four children who make pottery now, too. The family digs the brown-firing clay from a special place near Black Mesa, screens it to eliminate impurities, and mixes it with sand for temper and with water to make it workable. Alice's particularly unusual aesthetic contribution to the Navajo pottery renaissance is the magnificent coloration she achieves on the softly burnished and lightly pitch-coated surfaces of her forms. Date: c.1992 Location: Navajo, Arizona/New Mexico HWAC # 54806