Casas Grandes Polychrome Pot, 1160 CE - 1260 CE
Terracotta
7
PF.0688
Further images
There is a magical complexity about the patterns on this pot and a myriad of ways one can interpret them. Do the designs represent the four primal elements--earth, wind, fire...
There is a magical complexity about the patterns on this pot and a myriad of ways one can interpret them. Do the designs represent the four primal elements--earth, wind, fire and water? A confrontation between good and evil? A landscape with mountains, rivers, fields and clouds? This lovely vessel is a self-contained universe waiting to be explored.