Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes culture, ca. 1100 to 1450 CE. A sizable pottery jar of piriform presentation that exhibits a beige-hued ground decorated with dazzling linear and geometric motifs in hues of black and red. A quartet of arrows - 2 black and 2 red - alternate around the rim while a series of stripe-filled blocks and spirals course across the midsection; the majority of the underside is unadorned. Size: 8.00" Diameter x 7.75" H (20.3 cm x 19.7 cm)

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

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#185334

Professional repair and restoration to areas of upper body and rim, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light fading to exterior pigment, with pitting and chipping along bottom of basin, otherwise in nice condition. Great colors and presentation. Previous inventory label beneath base.