#02 Vintage Mata Ortiz Hand Crafted Red Clay Pottery Depicting Fish Pacquime Design Signed By Alma Flores Approximately 6” By 7”

In gorgeous vintage condition. Made in the style of Juan Quezada . Red color is associated with the spirit world. The maker acknowledged making it on Facebook Mata Ortiz Pottery Collectors group.Mata Ortiz Pottery" is sometimes called "Casas Grandes . Its story began around the 11" Century in an area in Northern Mexico called the "Gran Chichimeca". Trading families were attracted strategic location. to this area by its rich mineral deposits of fine turquoise and its Tremendous amounts of ceramics were produced there during that time. Some pieces have been unearthed in such places as the Texas. Sonoran coast; Mexico City, Mesa Verde, Colorado; and Webb Island, When the ruins were excavated in the 1960's vast quantities of artifacts were recovered from the ruins of Paquime City in the Gran Chichimeca. These artifacts included pots, jewelry religious objects. The tourists visiting the area began to take an interest in the old Casas Grandes pots and shards Today, in Mata Ortiz, a remote village in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, a group of artisans make some of the finest pottery in the world. The Quezada family is the most well known, and Juan Quezada has achieved world-wide recognition. His pottery is displayed in the Los Angeles Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institute as well as many other international museums. The artisans continue to produce pots in the traditional way that the ancient Indians in the area did several centuries earlier. They go into the mountains in search of good clay. They dig it up and cart it back to their homes. They turn the clay by hand (without the use of a potter's wheel). They fire the pots individually on an open fire fueled by cattle dung and paint them with brushes made with their own hair or the hair of their children. All the design work is done freehand and is a fusion of ancient and modern styles. Mata Ortiz Pottery is considered by museums and collectors to be comparable to some of the best work of the American Indians of the Southwest.

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• Listed Sep 6, 2024