Tonita Roybal remains one of the great innovative names in San Ildefonso pottery.  This is a large bowl with very complex designs. The bowl was made and polished by Tonita and painted by Juan Cruz, her husband. The design is a bird wing pattern along with both fine-line and hatchwork patterns, which are certainly a signature of Juan’s painting.  IT works beautifully on this bowl to create a complex variation of design and yet still reveal the highly polished surface.  The bowl is signed, “Tonita + Juan” on the bottom in the clay. It is in very good condition with no cracks, restoration or repair.  There is one small ding on the rim.   This bowl has an interesting provenance as if you note the tags on the bottom, it is from the collection of Dick Howard.  It was one of the pieces featured in his 2002 catalog of her work.  It’s always fun to see pieces come back from that exhibition!