Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome Olla - Geometric Design

Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome Olla, Chihuahua, ca. 1200–1450 CE. A globular earthenware olla rising from a rounded base to a short, out-flaring neck, with cream slip ground painted in black and red-brown. Nested chevrons and concentric triangles sweep across the shoulder, punctuated by solid discs and a coiling scroll, in the style known as Ramos Polychrome. The vessel was built by coil and scrape, burnished, and painted with mineral pigments. Storage and serving vessels of this kind formed part of the domestic and mortuary assemblage at Paquimé (Casas Grandes), a trade center of the northern Chihuahuan desert region. Size: 9.5" Diam x 10.2" H (24.1 cm Diam x 25.9 cm H).

Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, acquired June 2024 via Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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Item #

202625

Condition
Professionally repaired and restored, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions and pitting, with light fading to original pigment, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to original motifs.

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