Classic Mata Ortiz Pottery - Fito Tena (11/15/2007)

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Classic Mata Ortiz Pottery - Fito Tena

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Sold Date: 11/15/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

This pottery comes from Mata Ortiz, a small village in the Mexican State of Chihuahua. Each piece is hand coiled using a method also employed by traditional Native American potters. Inspired by pottery shards left behind by prehistoric Casas Grandes peoples, Juan Quezada, the town's most famous artist, through painstaking trial and error was able revive this lost art. During the last thirty or so years, the design concepts have evolved to include amazing geometric patterns, fetishes, pre-Columbian and Mimbres designs. The complex designs painted with traditional brushes made of one to several human hairs, as well as their remarkably thin walled construction, make these pots a favorite of collectors.
I have personally traveled to Mata Ortiz and picked out each piece, looking for quality representations of this fine art.

All of my pieces are signed.

Fito Tena has created this very carefully detailed "trademark" olla. I'm including a picture of him with his winning entry from the 2006 Grand Concurso event.

dimensions:

approx. 3 1/2" high;

and 4" in diameter

This olla is too small for a support ring. It will sit very well on its own.

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