Small Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dark Brown and White Pottery Bowl movie title set The nutcracker is in good

The nutcracker is in good overall condition

is stunning in its simplicity

6 1/2" across at base

this large West German Georg Schmider bowl features a satin white body animated by a  cheerful incised surface design of interlocking circles with pops of red

Small Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dark Brown and White Pottery Bowl movie title set The nutcracker is in goodThis is a gorgeous little Acoma Pueblo Native American bowl from New Mexico, circa 1940s, I believe. I've really fallen in love with the relatively simple but dynamic surface decoration on traditional Acoma pottery, which this bowl perfectly exemplifies in the interplay of solid forms, stripes, and negative space made all the better by the contrasting terra cotta colored rim. Really lovely. A repair of a small break along the lip was made to this bowl