**Originally Listed At $4500** Pre-Columbian, North Mexico, Chihuahua, Casas Grandes (Paquime), ca. 1280 to 1450 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel featuring a janiform pinched visage of a human face and hand painted polychrome patterns. The jar rests on a rounded but stable base, and the walls rise upward to a sloped shoulder, a squat neck, and a wide mouth. The faces are formed with pinched relief features, starting with a chin slightly projecting from the bottom, ears, pursed lips, projecting nose, and pinched eyes. Diamond shaped and striated tattoo marks paint both cheeks. Additional pigments in black-brown and orange red are painted on the beige ground in geometric and linear motifs. A pair of birds in a vertical register flank the faces on each side. Size: 7" Diameter x 6" H (17.8 cm x 15.2 cm) Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquime) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Casas Grandes is one of the largest and most complex Mogollon culture sites in the region. Settlement began after 1130 CE and would see the larger buildings developed into multi-storied dwellings after 1350 CE. The community was abandoned approximately 1450 CE. Casas Grandes is regarded as one of the most significant Mogollon archaeological zones in the northwestern Mexico region, linking it to other sites in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and exhibiting the expanse of the Mogollon sphere of influence. Cf. The British Museum, museum number Am1979,08.5 This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world s largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques. Provenance: ex-William Ridenour Collection Paradise Valley, AZ., 1970’s to 1980’s. 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 and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #167059品相报告: Professionally repaired from many pieces and restored with new material. Repairs are excellent and nearly impossible to discern from exterior. Infill along break lines and within gaps. Overpainting to motifs. Old inventory labels on base handwritten on surface. Wonderful preservation and restoration of details and motifs.