Offered byAntique American Indian Art, LLC--- AAIA--
Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery By Harrison and Marie Begay
20th Century
Size 4.25" H x 4.875" D
Hand Coiled Blackware with Deep Carved Bear with Heartline with 2 Turquoise and 2 Coral Inlaid Stones
From a Private Colorado Collection
In Very Good Condition
Harrison Begay Jr. (also known as Harrison Begay, Jr.) and Marie Begay (his wife, from Santa Clara Pueblo). Harrison Begay Jr. is a well-known Native American potter who blends Santa Clara Pueblo traditions (learned from his mother-in-law) with influences from Navajo designs and prehistoric petroglyphs. He specializes in deep-carved blackware pottery (often highly polished), frequently incorporating inset stones like turquoise and coral for accents.
A house design (a common motif in some Pueblo pottery, representing homes, pueblos, or symbolic structures, often in carved relief).
