Oaxacan Style Oaxaca Barro Negro Decorative Ceramic Vase Isha Jain and faceted blue topaz totals

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Oaxacan Style Oaxaca Barro Negro Decorative Ceramic Vase Isha Jain and faceted blue topaz totalsThis decorative vase is handcrafted by artisan Anakarem. She works in the time honored black pottery tradition of Oaxaca, with techniques learned from her father. The fired clay is burnished to a sheen with a piece of quartz or obsidian and fired in a wood burning kiln, which transforms the clay and gives it a lustrous black color. This lovely little vase has a distinctive round bowl decorated with cutouts. materials: Ceramic For decorative use only