This is an early innovative jar by Dextra Quotskuyva.  She began her pottery career with classic imagery and then evolved over the years to more unique and stylized designs. This jar is from 1983.  It has the thin “fine-line” work that made her famous in the 1970s.  However, here she has used it, along with red polished geometric shapes, to create an original design.  There are a series of pieces she made in this style, red geometric shapes and fine-lines, from 1979-83.  This jar has a fluted or “cloud” rim.  The entire piece is fully polished. The thin line creates its own geometric shapes, creating a horizon.   The red polished areas are distant mesas or the “foreground”.  The precision of her lines is elegant and fluid on this jar!  The piece was traditionally fired to create subtle colorations on the surface.  The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Dextra,” and there is a corn plant for the Corn Clan.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  Simply a creative balance of form, design and color.  One can imagine how innovative a piece like this was in 1983!