Vintage Native American Zia Pottery Jar by Award Winning Potter Sofia Medina
Sofia Medina Gorgeous Zia Pottery Jar. All the elements to construct this wonderful piece were provided by Mother Earth. The clay was gathered from around the Zia pueblo, was hand coiled into the olla, and fired over open ground. The pot is decorated with the Zia bird. The bird is housed in medallion-like designs bordered by bands.
It measures 7 1/2" tall X 9 1/2" across. There is some small flaking nothing bad I have shown the worst of it in photos. This is a beautiful pot made by a potter who is was a legendary Potter Sofia Medina from the Zia Pueblo.
Sofia is arguably one of the most famous potters from Zia, and the matriarch of a line of potters that include such distinguished names as Marcellus Medina, her son, and her daughter Lois Medina. While Lois was alive, the mother-daughter pair of Sofia and Lois produced some of the most impressive and most collectable pottery at Zia. Unfortunately, Sofia passed away, depriving the art world of her great presence. The item "Vintage Native American Zia Pottery Jar by Award Winning Potter Sofia Medina" is in sale since Monday, December 19, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1935-Now\Pottery". The seller is "foote-steps-back-in-time" and is located in Phoenix, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, HN, JM, AG, AW, BZ, DM, GD, KN, LC, MS, TC, BB, BD, BM, BN, BO, EC, EG, GF, GG, GI, GP, IS, JE, JO, KH, KY, LI, LK, LU, MC, MO, MQ, MV, NI, OM, PE, PK, PY, RE.- Artisan: Sofia Medina
- Origin: New Mexico
- Tribal Affiliation: Zia