Description:

Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Paquime / Casas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome type, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A wonderful and vibrant hand-built Ramos Polychrome pottery storage jar with painted motifs of geometric stepped, cross hatched, and curvilinear shapes and a pair of abstract parrot heads in red. The bulbous beaks and beady circular eyes create a wild expression on these charming birds. The vessel rests on a rounded base, the walls swelling up and outward to a slightly flared lip. The surface is slipped in a creamy beige then adorned in the black and russet red hues. A captivating example of the Ramos Polychrome type of pottery! Size: 7.8" Diameter x 8" H (19.8 cm x 20.3 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Virginia Museum of Art; ex-Platt and Friedenberg collection, 1960 to 1990; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA

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#173450

  • Condition: Professionally repaired and restored, with infill to gaps and overpainting. Some fading to pigments, but overall good preservation to painted motifs.

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