Aidé B. Juan Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua

Burnished clay with mineral pigments, hand-painted with a fine girl's-hair brush; traditional kiln

5.9 × 7.1 × 7.1 in (15 × 18 × 18 cm) 1.4 lb (0.62 kg)

A round vessel by Aidé B. of Juan Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua. Over a burnished orange ground, birds and fish move among black geometric bands that wrap the whole body.

Built and burnished by hand, then painted line by line with mineral pigments using a fine brush made of a girl's hair, and fired in a traditional kiln. One of a kind.