Jar with Diamond-Shaped Frames with Abstract Birds and Coiling Motifs (Ramos Polychrome)

Provenance

Alexander-Suggs Gallery, Chicago and St. Louis, by Dec. 1975 [incoming permanent receipt RX10457, Dec. 23, 1976, and invoice no. 1597, Mar. 21, 1976, copies in curatorial object file, Arts of the Americas]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1976.

Jar with Diamond-Shaped Frames with Abstract Birds and Coiling Motifs (Ramos Polychrome)

Casas Grandes

1280–1450

Accession Number

50270

Medium

Earthenware with iron and manganese oxides

Dimensions

21.6 × 20.3 cm (8 1/2 × 8 in.)

Classification

vessel

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hartmann