Frederica Antonio is renowned for her intricately painted pottery. Each piece is coil-built and then finely painted. Her designs are a series of fine vertical and horizontal lines which are then filled in to create larger images in the squares.  This jar is entitled “Sunrise Through the Clouds”.  The top half is painted with ared clay for the designs, and the bottom with bee-weed for the black.  The top represents the swirling clouds and the rising sun, creating a distinctive reddish coloration.  What is amazing about this piece is the transition from red to black, as it is visually seamless. The bottom has corn, beans, squash, and mesa designs.  It is a striking and fluid piece with a creative use of color.  The base of the jar is concave, reminiscent of historic Acoma jars that were carried on the head.  The jar is signed on the bottom, “F. V. Antonio”.