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Casas Grandes Pottery Olla w/ Water Serpent

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Casas Grandes Pottery Olla w/ Water Serpent

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes (Paquime) culture, ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A hand-built redware pottery jar of spherical form with a gently carinated midsection, a slightly concave base, and a flared rim bearing a pair of suspension loops. Illustrated across the white-ground exterior surface is a massive, black-painted water serpent bearing checkerboard panels and a diamond-shaped eye as it wraps the front half of its body around the thicker back half - aka the vessel body. Size: 6.25" Diameter x 4.9" H (15.9 cm x 12.4 cm)

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

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Condition

Professional repair and restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and fading to original pigment, with light earthen deposits, otherwise in nice condition. Great preservation to water serpent motif across exterior.