This is a very detailed lidded polychrome jar by Dolores Curran.  She continues to create intricately incised and painted pottery.  She was inspired to create these red polychrome incised and painted by her husband, Alvin Curran.  He was known for his incised San Juan-style pottery in the late 1990s.  This jar has a round shoulder jar shape.  The neck of the jar is carved with a cloud design. Below are sections with a dragonfly, turtle, and flowers. Each of the four sections is different.  Note that the back of the turtle is painted red with a water design.  Around the shoulder are two avanyu incised over a water design.  Separating them are flowers.  The lid is polished red and deeply carved and incised with a flower for the finial.  The base is fully polished red and there is a painted dragonfly, clouds, and prayer feather.  Overall, this jar is delicately etched and it is rather amazing that Dolores is able to create so many colors!  The designs are incised into the clay and then highlighted with clay slips and note how even in the incised areas she has added red clay!  All the colorations are from natural clay slips.  It is an extraordinary amount of time to create pieces intricate both in design and to use the various clay additions.   The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dolores Curran”.