Tapia, Tom – Bowl with Turtle and Avanyu

4"w x 2.5"h

$ 850.00

This bowl by Tom Tapia has a classic style if incised designs.  The piece is highly polished and fired black. The designs are etched into the clay.  There is a feathered avanyu encircling the piece and two medallions, each with a turtle.  Around the base of the bowl is an incised feather pattern.  The background area has a pinkish colored slip which he used to highlight the polished black area and the design.  The bowl is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed, “Tom Tapia, San Juan”.