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Dates: 1920-1930
Size: 244 x 143 cm
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period(comma) focused in northeastern Arizona(comma) brought back stylized classic designs made with vegetable…

Storage Jar ca. 1930’s. Stoneware with emerald green glaze and wooden lid. Southern China. The symbol (囍) xĭ (comma) double happiness is incised on the side. This indicates that it was a wedding gift. This type of jar is often called a ‘ginger jar’…

(钧窑) jūn yáo(comma) Jun ware bowl with stand(comma) (宋朝) Sòng dynasty 960 – 1279 CE(comma) stoneware bowl with blue flame glaze. This piece is an example of classic Song dynasty jun ware(comma) thin walls(comma) elegant and simple shape. The blue…

Vase or storage jar(comma) (大明) Ming Dynasty 1368 – 1644 CE(comma) seventeenth century. (五彩) Wŭ căi(comma) five colored porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze(comma) Phoenix and foliage design. Wŭ căi was extremely popular in the Ming…

Posset cup and saucer (清朝) Qing dynasty(comma) late eighteenth century(comma) Canton region trade ware. Porcelain with orange decoration. Flowers(comma) bats(comma) conventional borders. Hand painted(comma) gilt rim and finial(comma) entwined strap…

Dates: 1915-1945
Size: 148 x 104.5 cm
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period(comma) focused in northeastern Arizona(comma) brought back stylized classic designs made with vegetable…

Dates: 1900-1925
Size: 163.5 x 114 cm
Description: The Crystal Trading Post was run by John B. Moore starting in 1897. He incorporated a new marketing technique that introduced Anglo-American customers to Navajo weaving through mail order…

Dates: 1920-1999
Size: 162 x 97 cm
Description: The less common Red Mesa regional style descends from Eyedazzlers of the Transitional Period (1863-1890). Eyedazzler designs are known for their unusually bright colors and intricate designs that…