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Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A polychrome Casas Grandes (which is also called Paquime) effigy pottery vessel, finely coiled/hand built, modeled, and painted with incredibly thin walls (smooth on both the exterior and interior), skillfully painted in red and black on a buff ground as is characteristic of Casas Grandes pottery. A distinctive human figural vessel of a female, its abstract visage is so expressive with finely modeled and painted details - those alert wing-tipped eyes, stylized geometric stepped motifs painted on the cheeks, The female is shown nude with hands to her chest, legs outstretched ahead, anatomical details present and decorated body with repeating stepped, triangular, and other geometric and linear patterns. A very special example! Size: 6" W x 9" H (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm)
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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#184984
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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.
#184984
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Appearing quite fine, the head is a professionally restored from neck up, chip to right foot. Paint is strong.
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Casas Grandes Paquime Effigy Vessel, Seated Female
$1,300.00
$1,950
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