Tenorio, Robert – Open Bowl with Four Deer

8.25"w x 3.5"h

$ 225.00

This is an open bowl by Robert Tenorio. The bowl is painted on the outside with a classic Santo Domingo (Kewa) design.  The inside has four deer.  Each of the deer is separated by a tree and they are painted with two different colors of clay slips.  Note as well that very vessel has a “spirit line” or a break in the painted line around the rim.  This goes back to historic Kewa pottery when the artist would use the spirit line to release their spirit or connection from the vessel.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay. The bowl is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It has an interesting provenance, as it comes to us from the collection of Richard Spivey, known for his books on Maria Martinez.  However, note the tag on the bottom, which indicates he acquired it from Dick Howard, who was a well known collector of Pueblo pottery.