Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Paquime/Casas Grandes, ca. 1100 to 1450 CE. A truly exceptional example of Casas Grandes pottery, covered with meticulously delineated fine-line geometric, linear, and curvilinear motifs. One cannot help but appreciate how the designs were painstakingly created on a much smaller scale than is usual, making for a complex array of decorative motifs in red and black against a cream ground. The vessel body is characteristically coil-made with an elegant round-bottomed piriform shape and thin walls that are smooth not only on the exterior but also the interior. Size: 7.75" in diameter x 8" H (19.7 cm x 20.3 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. Located in the present Mexican state of Chihuahua, Casas Grandes was an intelligently planned urban center that grew wealthy thanks to commodities such as copper, shells, turquoise, and tropical bird feathers.

Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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Repaired from multiple pieces. Surface wear commensurate with age with some fading to the painted program. What remains is quite nice and painted with immense skill and patience.