San Juan Revival
Jar
unsigned
16" H
x 12" D
San Juan Pueblo is located
in north-central New Mexico. Traditionally the pottery of San
Juan has been plain polished red or polished black. Also traditional
is the style of applying the polished slip, in either case to
only the upper two-thirds of jars, and to only a band just below
the rim on the exteriors of bowls.
In both cases a line of demarcation
between slip and paste can be clearly seen, with a resulting
pattern of color that is pleasing. The rest of the surface is
well-polished bare paste: a shade of orange-tan when the slip
is red, and gray when the slip has been smudged black.
Declared as the first Spanish
capital city in the New Mexico Territory by Don Juan de Oñate
in 1598, the Pueblo of San Juan lies 25 miles (40 kilometers)
north of Santa Fe and is the largest of the Tewa speaking Pueblos.
It was Popay from San Juan who led the Pueblo Revolt in 1680
that drove the Spanish back into Mexico.
The pueblo of San Juan is
best known for its intricately carved red pottery.
(http://www.clayhound.us/sites/sanjuan.htm)