Item # 484R- Lg Mata Ortiz-Casas Grandes Polychrome Rabbit Goat Turtles Vase by R. Silvera
Item # 484R- Lg Mata Ortiz-Casas Grandes Polychrome Rabbit Goat Turtles Vase by R. Silvera
Large beautiful Mata Ortiz - Casas Grandes rabbit, goat, and turtles vase! The vase displays repeating geometrical patterns with highlights of a rabbit, a goat, and two turtles. The artist applied his work to a multiple earth tone vessel.
The vase measures approximately 8 1/2" tall with a 3 1/4" diameter at the top mouth and a 26" circumference around the widest section. It weighs 3 lbs 0 oz. and is signed Ramon Silveira. We will need to double box the vase for safety, the reason for high shipping cost. The vase is in great shape! The mark on the bottom is from an old price tag. $279.95
One critical element to the development of ceramics in Mata Ortiz is its proximity to the Paquime' or Casa Grandes archeological site.
Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquimé) is the contemporary name given to a pre-Columbian archaeological zone and its central site, located in northwestern Mexico in the modern-day Mexican State of Chihuahua. It is one of the largest and most complex sites in the region. Developed as multi-storied dwellings about 1350 CE after earlier settlement beginning after 1130 CE, the community was abandoned approximately 1450 CE. Regarded as one of the most significant archaeological zones in the northwestern region, Casas Grandes is located in a wide, fertile valley on the Casas Grandes or San Miguel River, 35 miles (56 km) south of Janos and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of the state capital, the city of Chihuahua. The settlement relied on irrigation to support its agriculture. Casas Grandes has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is under the purview of INAH.