This is one of the larger pieces we have seen by Juan Tafoya.  It is from 1993.  The jar is coil built and fully polished.  The design is a black-on-black painted avanyu.  The avanyu encircles the shoulder of the jar.  The piece is fired a deep black.  The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Juan Tafoya”.  It is in excellent good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.