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Message:: [QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4464693, member: 45"]As pointed out, the finish is the problem here.  First, Kewa potters, like all traditional Indian potters, do not use a glaze on their pottery.  For a brief time (prior to the 1700s), some Southwest Indian pottery was made with the design painted on with pigment  containing minerals that turned to glaze when fired, but that practice was soon discontinued, probably because the glaze tended to run, ruining the design pattern. But glaze, as we think of it today, as a coating for the the entire pot, was never used. This does look like a glaze.  There are no polishing marks  indicating that it was polished.  But the inside doesn't appear to be glazed.  In fact, it looks like it was left rough (unless that is dirt or dust in the bottom), which would make it basically unusable. Perhaps it is a result of rather poor photos/lighting.  But based just on what I can see, I'd say it's more of a "home decor shop" copy, than traditional Kewa, or any other Native American Indian, pottery.[/QUOTE]