Oscar Quezada, Mata Ortiz, Black Ware Pottery (01/14/2007)

Home > Worthopedia – Price Guide > Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art >

Oscar Quezada, Mata Ortiz, Black Ware Pottery

Terms and Conditions for using our site

Oscar Quezada, Mata Ortiz, Black Ware Pottery

Sold For:

or Sign In to see what it's worth.

Sold Date: 01/14/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Mata Ortiz / Casas Grandes Artistic Black Ware Pottery, Finest Quality Art from Northern Mexico

*Signed by Oscar Quezada of the Valley of Casas Grandes in the City of Mata Ortiz , from the State of Chihuahua Mexico .

*Oscar Quezada is one of the finest potters creating beautiful Black on Black pottery. This art is of the highest quality available in the Casas Grandes Valley of Mexico .

*Oscar Quezada is the son of Consolacion Quezada. Consolacion is the elder sister of Juan Quezada. Oscar is listed as a Master Potters in "The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz" by author Susan Lowell. Oscars uncle Grandmaster Juan Quezada rediscovered the ancient pottery making process and an artistic and economic renaissance was born in Mata Ortiz. Oscar learned his skills from the best Master Potters in Mata Ortiz, the Quezada Family. This is an outstanding Mata Ortiz collector's piece. *This beautiful piece of art work stands 7 1/2" tall x 9" wide. The mouth is 4" wide. The circumference is 25". This excellent piece comes with a Mata Ortiz pottery ring stand.

*This pottery is in demand from both collectors and commercial traders for the distinctive beauty and balance of its work and structure.

*This beautifully designed Black Ware Olla from the Casas Grandes Valley is of excellent quality with delicately hand coiled thin walls.

*Technically and aesthetically, Casa Grandes / Mata Ortiz pottery equal or surpass the work of the Indians potters of the American Southwest. It is made with clay from the mountains high above the village of Mata Ortiz , painted with human hair brushes and natural mineral pigments. It is hand formed, without the use of a potter's wheel, and is cow dung, wood or cotton wood bark fired without a kiln.

*Mata Ortiz pottery ranks among the finest contemporary ceramics found any w in the world. Collections are housed in renowned museums throughout North America and the World. Today, selected pieces may be found in private collections including those of Sandra Day O'Connor, Laura Bush, and Pope John Paul II.

*Today, " Sonoran Desert Winds" is proud to offer you these hand coiled, carved and hand painted exquisite clay pots. They would be a great addition to your collection or to start a Mata Ortiz/Casas Grandes collection.

*I personally travel to the Casas Grandes Valley and Mata Ortiz and buy the highest quality pottery available to ensure that you are bidding on the best pottery available from Northern Mexico .

*Thank you for bidding on this artistic pottery. " Sonoran Desert Winds".

The photograph at the bottom is a photograph I took on 12/03/2006 at the University of Arizona's Boyce Thompson Arboretum is of Oscar Quesada. The University of Arizona sponsored a Mata Ortiz exhibit and sell at the arboretum. Since I buy pottery from Oscar in Mata Ortiz I drove up and visited with him for a few hours. They had a wonderful show and exhibit. Oscar Quesada was the featured Mata Ortiz artist at the University of Arizona's sponored exhibit.