Maria Martinez and Tony Da San Ildefonso, (1887-1980 and 1940-2008), a high-luster blackware lidded jar, undecorated save for two opposing ovoid registers centering sgraffito depictions of heartline deer, the lid with pronounced knop, 'Maria Po-ve-ka' incised in cursive script post-firing along the bottom edge, 'DA' at the base. diameter 9in, height 12 3/4in Footnotes: Provenance From the Estate of Isidore M. Samuels, Los Angeles Sold: Bonhams Native American Art, San Francisco, June 6, 2011, sale 19161, lot 5314 A Private Midwest Collection, acquired at the above See Spivey, Richard L., The Legacy of Maria Poveka Martinez, 2003, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, fig. 6.25, for a similarly conceived lidded vessel, dated 1968-1969, of smaller scale and with avanyu design, the lid with near-identical knop. For a thorough overview of Tony Da's early years as a potter under the guidance of his grandmother Maria, see King, Charles S. and Spivey, Richard L., The Life and Art of Tony Da, 2011, Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, pp.31 - 57. 'Tony collaborated with his grandmother Maria on several of his early pieces... Maria's most significant contribution to Tony's art was teaching him the sense of refinement found in her elegant shapes and the clean stone-polished surfaces. Under her tutelage, she kept Tony focused on striving for perfection in each new body of work.' Ibid, p. 32 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing