Casas Grandes Pottery Olla, Bird & Horned Animal Heads
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**Originally Listed at $300**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Casas Grandes, ca. 1100 to 1200 CE. A polychrome pottery olla of large bulbous, round-bottomed body and a gently flaring neck. The body boasts striking step motifs, triangular forms inscribed with striated forms, and repeated beaked bird heads and horned zoomorphic heads (their curling horns suggest that these are representations of bighorn sheep) painted in black on a creamy beige hued ground. Size: 7.75" in diameter x 7" H (19.7 cm x 17.8 cm)
Provenance: ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired prior to 1970
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Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Casas Grandes, ca. 1100 to 1200 CE. A polychrome pottery olla of large bulbous, round-bottomed body and a gently flaring neck. The body boasts striking step motifs, triangular forms inscribed with striated forms, and repeated beaked bird heads and horned zoomorphic heads (their curling horns suggest that these are representations of bighorn sheep) painted in black on a creamy beige hued ground. Size: 7.75" in diameter x 7" H (19.7 cm x 17.8 cm)
Provenance: ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired prior to 1970
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#125514
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Repaired from multiple pieces with some repainting over fill near break lines. Losses near break lines as shown. Normal surface wear commensurate with age.
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Casas Grandes Pottery Olla, Bird & Horned Animal Heads
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