$3,800.00

Such elegance! This is a classic straight ribbed melon bowl by Nancy Youngblood. The bowl is hand coiled and then she has deeply carved each rib into the clay. Nancy uses a very specific stone to achieve the amazing sheen on the deep carved ribs. Like in all of her work, she achieves such symmetry with each rib. One can clearly identify a piece like this as a Nancy Youngblood creation. She is able to stone polish each rib to an amazing high sheen. Nancy says she can only polish three ribs in one sitting since that is such a time-consuming technique. It is signed on the bottom in the clay,

2” high by 2 ¾” wide