Description:

Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Ancestral Pueblo / Greater Mogollon, Casas Grandes culture, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A charming pottery effigy vessel in the form of an owl with a rounded base, a bulbous body, and a heart shaped head that opens at the verso to the hollow interior. The surface is slipped in a buff hue and painted with triangular and linear motifs in a black and a deep red umber hue. The painted decorations are characteristic of the Ramos Polychrome manner; Ramos is a stylistic designation used when red-painted forms are outlined in black. A pair of plumicorns (feather tufts) rise from the bird's head, the beak dramatically curved over a speckled face. Size: 7" Diameter x 8.75" H (17.8 cm x 22.2 cm)

Provenance: ex-private USA collection, acquired before 2000 from noted dealer Robert Anderson, Mason City, Iowa, USA; all items from this collection have been appraised by Marianne Huber in 2014

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#188398

  • Condition: Repaired from many pieces. Break lines and fissures are visible on the exterior. Adhesive and infill between gaps and cracks is heavily applied to the base. The owl visage and upper portion of the vessel are repaired from larger pieces, and are luckily better preserved than the base.

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