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Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes culture, Ramos Polychrome type, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of sizable form with a round but stable base, a carinated midsection, and a thick rim that hangs slightly over the basin. The beige-ground exterior surfaces feature an elaborate decorative program in red and black pigment in the classic Ramos Polychrome manner. The most exceptional Casas Grandes vessels are of the Ramos Polychrome type which required great skill and aesthetic vision. Size: 8.44″ Diameter x 4.7″ H (21.4 cm x 11.9 cm)
Condition: Professional restoration to areas of base and rim, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light fading to pigment, else in great condition. Nice preservation to painted motif.
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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