Huge Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome Olla

Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome type, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of sizable form with a round but stable base, a carinated midsection, a sloped shoulder, and a thick, flared rim. The beige-hued exterior is densely adorned with black and red linear motifs that include spirals, abstract zoomorphic heads, and geometrif 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: 9.87" Diameter x 9.1" H (25.1 cm x 23.1 cm)

Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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#184962
Condition Report: Minor abrasions and nicks, with light fading to pigment, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice remains of pigment across exterior. Good manganese deposits along rim.