Description:

Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Paquime/Casas Grandes, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A fine polychrome olla with a rounded base, a rotund body, a smooth shoulder, a deep interior cavity, and a thin rim. The exterior is covered in a creamy beige slip atop which a register of black-and-red geometric motifs is presented. The decoration style, with its fine lines, is of the Ramos polychrome group, representing the pinnacle of achievement for Casas Grandes ceramics. Casas Grandes was a hugely-important intermediary - in terms of trade, art, and culture - between the empires of Mesoamerica and the Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) of the US Southwest. Size: 6.5" W x 4.9" H (16.5 cm x 12.4 cm).

Provenance: private S. S. collection, Los Angeles, California, USA

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#136068

  • Condition: Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age and use, very minor nicks to base, body, and rim, with some fading to pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen and mineral deposits throughout.

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