Tall neck Black-on-white Acoma Jar [SOLD]

Grace T. Chino was an exceptional potter. Her vessels were formed with consistent wall thickness and her designs were tailored to fit the shape of the vessel. She was a daughter of Marie Z. Chino.  She was a consistent ribbon winner at Santa Fe Indian Market from 1980 through 1993.  She was one of the artists featured in Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery exhibit at the Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque in 1979 and also in One Space, Three Visions exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum.

An examination of the black painted maze-type design on this Southwest Indian pottery jar reveals that the elements are largest at mid body and decrease in size as the design progresses upward to the rim and downward to the base.  Not only is it a complicated design that requires absolute concentration to apply, it requires precision in painting—and that being done with a paint brush fashioned from the leaf of a yucca plant.  It is this willingness to apply difficult designs which has elevated the Chino Family of potters to fame.

Condition: excellent condition with only one spall spot over the entire vessel

Recommended Reading:  Acoma & Laguna Pottery by Rick Dillingham.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery

Provenance: from the collection of a gentleman from Albuquerque