Tse-Pe & Dora – Black & Sienna Jar with Avanyu (1973)

4"w x 4.5"h

$ 1,100.00

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 more classic San Ildefonso form and it is highly polished. There is an avanyu which encircles the jar which is etched into the clay. The rim is sienna in coloration in contrast to the black of the remainder of the jar. It is signed on the bottom in the clay “Tse-Pe and Dora”.    It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.   Tse-Pe and Dora worked individually from the 1980-2000, but their early collaborative work remains innovative, creative and of the highest quality even compared to many of today’s potters.s.