This is an exceptional very large storage jar by Lorraine Williams.  While she no longer makes pieces this size, the shape and scale of this piece is exceptional!  The jar has flat sides and a sharp shoulder leading up to the neck.  The sides are incised with eight Yei figures.  They are then painted with clay slips. The shoulder has an additional Yei figure which encircles the piece. The neck has a basket design and there is an additional mountain design above and below the Yei figures.  The jar has been traditionally fired, which creates the variations in color. Interestingly, these large pieces are fired upside down!  After the firing, it is covered in pine pitch, which is typical of all traditional Navajo pottery harkening back to when it was utilitarian.  Lorraine has won numerous awards for her pottery and been featured in books such as “A Legacy of Generations”.  The jar is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “LW”.    It is not often that we see such important piece of her pottery come back onto the market at this size, but it is definitely an extraordinary jar!