Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Casas Grandes, Ramos, ca. 1100 to 1200 CE. A wonderful coil-made, hand-painted polychrome Casas Grandes pottery bowl with a round and stable base, wide bulbous body, an upturned neck, and a rolled and slightly-flared neck. The vessel has painted decorations typical to traditional Ramos style pottery; Ramos, as a stylistic designation, is used when red-hued painted forms are outlined in black. The body of this vessel exhibits a number of different motifs, including circular, striped, triangular, and linear forms. The most exceptional Casas Grandes vessels usually have Ramos-style designs, and examples such as this show how this style required great skill and aesthetic vision. Size: 8.75" W x 6.625" H (22.2 cm x 16.8 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-Kurquhill's Gallery, El Paso, Texas, USA; ex-private El Paso, Texas, USA collection, acquired early to mid 1970s

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Age-commensurate surface wear, slight pitting to shoulders and base, and minor losses to rim. Great interior and exterior mineral deposits.