This bowl by Jacob Koopee is from around 2000.  It is a round shape with a smaller opening.  The bowl is painted with four eagle tails designs.  Jake wrote of this piece, “Eagle tail with eagles emerging along with parrots.  Speckling represents the rain”.  The bowl has the four eagle tails and the four parrots painted in black (bee weed) and there are additional red and burgundy clay slips.  Typical of Jacob’s painting, there are thin lines as the design.  The bowl was traditionally fired which created the blushes on the surface.   The piece is signed on the bottom, “Koopee” and a flute player hallmark.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.   This bowl also has a card with the designs written out by Jacob, which is a nice piece of provenance!   Jake won numerous awards during his career including “Best of Show” in 2005 at both Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Market.  I was lucky to have been a pottery judge both years at both events, and it was exciting to see an artist create such dynamic work.