Quanhoyeoma Mary Jo Reed Hopi-Style Kachina Ceramic Jar, Ltd. Ed. 6/101 View Watchlist >
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Quanhoyeoma Mary Jo Reed Hopi-Style Kachina Ceramic Jar, Ltd. Ed. 6/101
A large slip-cast ceramic jar with a rolled tan collar, hand painted on two faces in a dual-design scheme. One side carries a full-length kachina figure — turquoise mask with recurved horns, evergreen ruff, sash and embroidered kilt, holding a prayer feather — rendered against a soft terracotta ground. The reverse presents a symmetrical composition of an inverted turquoise-bordered triangle framing a shield motif, hung with painted prayer feathers, red dangles, and beaded ties above a black-and-white stepped band. Raised, sculpted feather elements stand off the surface along the shoulder, adding dimensional texture to the painted work.
The base is signed Quanhoyeoma / Mary Jo Reed with a corn-and-flame pictographic device and numbered 6/101, placing this piece within a defined limited edition. The paired iconography — figurative kachina on one face, geometric shield-and-feather panel on the other — draws on Hopi ceremonial imagery translated into a large-format decorative studio vessel.
About the Artist
Mary Jo Reed worked under the Hopi name Quanhoyeoma ("Eagle Flying Above") and was a prolific New Mexico–based ceramicist active primarily from the 1970s through the early 2000s. She produced slip-cast stoneware vessels — jars, vases, and plates — hand painted with Hopi kachina figures, feather arrangements, and geometric ceremonial motifs drawn from Pueblo iconographic traditions. Her work was sold through galleries and trading posts across the Four Corners and Rio Grande corridor and is found in numerous private collections throughout the region. Pieces are signed with her Hopi name, her Anglo name, and a distinctive corn-stalk-and-flame mark; editions are typically numbered in runs of 100 or 101.
CONDITION
Good overall. Scratches to the painted surface, most notably on the terracotta shoulder near the collar. Paint is otherwise stable with crisp linework across both designs.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- 16¼" H × 10½" Diameter
- Material: Slip-cast ceramic, hand painted
- Edition: 6/101
- Signed: Quanhoyeoma / Mary Jo Reed with corn-and-flame device (base)
- Raised sculpted feather elements at shoulder
- Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale — Not Included
- Roosevelt Dime (17.9mm) Shown for Scale — Not Included
