Rose Gonzales is often considered the first at San Ildefonso Pueblo to make carved pottery.  This long neck jar is one of her classic shapes. The jar has an elongated neck and a sharp shoulder.  There is a cloud design around the neck and the avanyu is carved in a relief style around the shoulder.  The jar is highly polished and fired a deep black.  It is from the early 1960’s and it is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. There are some light surface scratches below the shoulder.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Rose”.  Rose’s legacy an certainly be seen in the work of Tse-Pe, Dora Tse-Pe and Russell Sanchez.