Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes (Paquime) culture, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of sizable form with a round but stable base, a spherical body with a tapered shoulder, and a flared rim. Adorning the beige-hued body are intricate linear, geometric, stepped, and avian motifs in black and red pigment that create a wondrous presentation. Size: 9.3" Diameter x 8.375" H (23.6 cm x 21.3 cm)

Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquime) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Casas Grandes is one of the largest and most complex Mogollon culture sites in the region. Settlement began after 1130 CE and would see the larger buildings developed into multi-storied dwellings after 1350 CE. The community was abandoned approximately 1450 CE. Casas Grandes is regarded as one of the most significant Mogollon archaeological zones in the northwestern Mexico region, linking it to other sites in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and exhibiting the expanse of the Mogollon sphere of influence.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, before 2010; Ex-Virginia Museum of Art; Ex-Platt & Friedenberg collection, 1960 -1990; Ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA

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Professionally repaired with restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Touch-up painting to several decorated areas and craquelure to some black-painted areas likely from refiring. Collection label beneath base.