Navajo Horse Hair Blue and Amber Crosshatch Band Jar by Ben Billy

A Navajo horse hair fired pottery jar by Ben Billy, inscribed BL Navajo on the base. The wide squat round-bellied jar has a short wide neck and open rim, covered in a warm cream and gray horse hair fired surface with dramatic black smoke-cloud formations and organic lightning-crack lines drifting across the entire body, neck, and base. A bold painted band wraps the mid-belly with a vivid sky blue upper stripe and a warm golden amber and orange lower stripe, with white diagonal crosshatch lines etched through both color bands creating a striking geometric accent against the organic smoke-fired surface.

• Navajo horse hair fired clay pottery
• Wide squat round-bellied jar with short wide neck and open rim
• Warm cream and gray horse hair fired surface with dramatic black smoke-cloud formations and lightning-crack lines across full body, neck, and base
• Bold mid-belly band with vivid sky blue upper stripe and warm golden amber and orange lower stripe
• White diagonal crosshatch lines etched through both color band stripes
• Inscribed BL Navijo in white script on smoke-patterned flat base
• Height: 2.69 in, Width: 3.38 in
• Weight: approximately 5.50 oz
• One of a kind piece

Display away from direct sunlight and moisture. Dust lightly with a soft dry brush. Do not use as a functional vessel.

Handcrafted by Navajo artist Ben Billy using the traditional horse hair firing technique. Each piece is unique.