Belen Tapia was a diverse potter creating everything from painted to carved pottery.  This bowl is from the 1980s and at that time she had moved from carved pottery to polychrome pottery.  The bowl is fully polished red and painted with gray, red, and white clay slips.  The design is a classic triangular mountain pattern.  Each mountain is a separate color and they are outlined in white.  This style began in the 1940s and was time-consuming to create.  However, the result is a visually striking color combination.  Belen Tapia was a nice of Sara Fina Tafoya and the mother of Anita Suazo, and Anna Archuleta.  The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Belen Tapia”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.