Tse-Pe Gonzales and his wife, Dora, began working together around 1971.  Dora would make the pottery and Tse-Pe would etch the designs. This jar is a classic piece of their pottery.  The bowl has a sharp shoulder and a sloping neck.  The rim is etched with a lightning pattern. Thre are four additional lightning designs that extend downward from the rim.  They are highlighted with a pink/red clay slip.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay “Tse-Pe and Dora”.    It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.   Tse-Pe and Dora worked individually from 1980 to 2000, but their early collaborative work remains innovative, creative, and of the highest quality even compared to many of today’s potters.