This is an amazing example of a Polychrome Acoma Pueblo Vessel. This piece of art depicts the Acoma bird and deer with a heartline separated by a flowing double band. This medium-large size vessel (9 "d x 7"h) is signed by Rose Chino, the daughter of the famed Acoma potter Marie Chino.

Acoma polychrome pottery is considered by some collectors to represent the most attractive and well-made of any Pueblo pottery. Acoma polychrome usually includes designs of both black paint alone, and combinations of black and red/orange paint. Designs figures are often of interconnecting elements. The two shades of orange bands on this vessel are complex and incorporate solid and hachured design elements as well as plant, bird, and animal figures. The vessel is thin showing the special pottery making skill of the artists.

The bowel was purchased at auction (sticker still attached) in the 1980s-1990s, and has had one owner since. The bowel has been on display in a non-smoking home in an open, yet protective display case. The vessel would be perfect for the current popular white decor/dark contrast farmhouse style, or anywhere there is a desire for texture, ethnic art, geometric symmetry, or a wish for natural earthy elements.
 
Rose Chino Garcia's work is considered highly collectable. Her work has been on display at the Heard Museum, the Peabody Museum (Harvard), and at the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa. She has won many awards including "most creative design" at the 1975 Santa Fe Indian Market. Rose is the daughter of Marie Chino who was considered an exceptional potter.