Dolores Curran has created her own distinctive “poly-tonal” incised blackware.  This is a style that she originated by modifying the classic “black” pottery with polishing and rubbing techniques to create various shades of black and grey.  This jar has a round shoulder and an elongated neck.  The neck has incised clouds and the top of the shoulder has more deeply incised swirling birds.  An avanyu is around the body of the jar. Note the various tonalities in this jar.  Dolores said she used various clay colors before firing to create the variations in the black and gray.  The bottom is polished and the jar has a lid with a square finial.  The various colorations of gray are from a very time-involved process as the surface areas are either polished or slipped with mica or rubbed until they are almost a gunmetal coloration.  The designs are created by either incising or etching into the surface and this is combined with painted designs.  It is signed, “Dolores Curran”.