Mata Ortiz Indian Pottery.

A real dazzler. Pottery such as this extreme quality would easily be priced at $2500.00 to $3500.00 in the galleries of old town San Diego, Scottsdale or Santa Fe. Fine pottery such as this is distinguished by its beauty and balance. This Black on Black Traditional Design pot is of prime quality with delicately hand coiled walls and hand stone polished to a high shine. This is an excellent piece of art with its hand painted designs completely surrounding the walls. An addition to your collection to be proud of. It stands ~10" tall, 9" wide, a ~3-1/2" opening and ~28" in circumference. Signed by the artist Alonso Sandoval.

Technically and aesthetically, Casas Grandes pottery equals or surpasses the work of the Indian potters of the American Southwest. It is made with clay from the mountains high above the village of Mata Ortiz, painted with human hairbrushes and natural pigments (minerals and roots of plants). It is hand-formed, without the use of a potter's wheel, and is dung fired.

For centuries, the Indian peoples of the Southwest have fashioned pots from the native clay and baked them beneath the fiery desert sun. Today, we are proud to offer you these hand-etched, hand-coiled, and black on red, clay pot. Each intricate line has been hand-painted into gorgeous clay by hand. Beautiful workmanship, high gloss, and stone polished finish.