Casas Grandes Pottery Olla w/ Water Serpent
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Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes (Paquime) culture, ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A hand-built redware pottery jar of spherical form with a gently carinated midsection, a slightly concave base, and a flared rim bearing a pair of suspension loops. Illustrated across the white-ground exterior surface is a massive, black-painted water serpent bearing checkerboard panels and a diamond-shaped eye as it wraps the front half of its body around the thicker back half - aka the vessel body. Size: 6.25" Diameter x 4.9" H (15.9 cm x 12.4 cm)
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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#185144
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#185144
Condition
Professional repair and restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and fading to original pigment, with light earthen deposits, otherwise in nice condition. Great preservation to water serpent motif across exterior.
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Casas Grandes Pottery Olla w/ Water Serpent
Estimate $700 - $1,050
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Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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