Amazing Oversized Native American Style Vase With Kokopelli Dancer, Signed Ben Saxon

Amazing oversized Native American style black on black vase with lid. Features a handcrafted Kokopelli dancer on top of lid, turquoise colored eye embellishment throughout with polished black on matte black details including bear claws with bear figures, kokopelli player serenading the beasts. Signed Ben Saxon on base. This lot also includes a tribal mat in coordinating colors and a clear lucite side table. Vase in excellent used condition with minor age-appropriate patina and wear on base as shown. Lucite side table shows age appropriate surface scratches. Please see photos for more details. Approximate Measurements: Vase: 13”Dia x 35.5”H, Tribal Mat: 19”Sq, Lucite Side Table: 16”W x 13”D x 15”H

About the Artist: Born in 1937, Ben Saxon grew up in poverty in the Appalachian mountains of North Georgia. Often, he and his father would visit the Cherokee reservation. Loving the desert environment, he eventually married a Navajo girl. They had four children. Always being interested in potting, he began to make pottery from a "white mud hole" near his house. He has defined his craft to solely Black On Black with Mimbres designs. He has won Best of Show and First Premium ribbons for his ceramics at the New Mexico State Fair, the New Mexico Ceramic Assn. Show, Torrance County Fair, and many other shows. Natural clays are specially blended together to create a high quality white pottery which serves as an excellent vehicle for the artist's expressions.

13 Dia." x 35.5"

18%

Madeline Winn | (516) 315-3102 | madelinewi20@gmail.com

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Roslyn Heights, NY 11577

When to Pickup

Sunday, 4/3, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday, 4/4, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

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