This is a striking black-on-black bowl by Juanita and Wo-Peen Gonzales.  It is highly polished and painted with a cloud and rain design.  Louis “Wo-Peen”, Juanita’s husband, painted the designs on her pottery.  The piece is fired a dark black with gunmetal areas. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.    The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Juanita”. 

Early San Ildefonso Pottery Innovators -1920-1940