Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico and Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Casas Grandes, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A lovely polychrome pottery olla vessel with a mesmerizing abstract motif across the body. The vessel rests on a rounded but stable base, the body exhibiting a slightly carinated profile with a broad shoulder. The highly burnished surface is slipped in a warm beige hue and overpainted with black and vermillion hues in spiraling, parallel striations, and checkered motifs. The decorative style of this vessel belongs to the Ramos Polychrome group, which represents the pinnacle of achievement for Casas Grandes ceramics. Size: 7" Diameter x 6" H (17.8 cm x 15.2 cm)
The Casas Grandes (or Chihuahua) culture has always been the best known of the prehistoric cultures of northwest Mexico. International awareness of the culture first derived from its polychrome pottery and from the massive ruins of the culture's principal center, Casas Grandes —now better known as Paquime.
Provenance: ex-Splendors of the World, Haiku, Hawaii, USA; ex-Platt and Friedenberg collection, 1960-1990
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Condition
Professionally repaired and restored. Some fading to red pigments and minor surface nicks. Great preservation to painted motifs.