Vintage Mexican Folk Art Ameyaltepec Guerrero Pottery Vase Owl Tan Red 14\"

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Vintage Mexican Folk Art Ameyaltepec Guerrero Pottery Vase Owl Tan Red 14\":
$150.00

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This large pottery vase is from Ameyaltepec and the indigenous Nahua that paint them in Guerrero, Mexico. It is an owl with tons of detail in the lines of its feathers. The slit in the top is necessary in the firing process on these whole body pieces. It is the beautiful natural tan and red pottery indicative of Ameyaltepec pottery and is very heavy and thick. All hand-painted. It is not signed. A very unique and rare piece.

With regard to provenance, I went on a quest for some of the oldest pieces I could find from this region and found some beauties that I will be listing. Some are already in my store. Take a look. They are rare pieces to get ahold of given the remote region of Guerrero that they come from. Although \"new\" in the sense of never having been on display in someone\'s home, the piece is still an older one from a potter in that region that I specifically sought out. This owl measures a grand 14\" tall by 8 1/2 x 9\". It is in excellent, vibrant condition.

A beautiful work of art for your Mexican folk art collection.

A history of this type of pottery follows:

Ameyalepec Pottery

Painted clay, barro pintado, ismade by Nahua painters from la mezcala, a region on the BalsasRiver basin the state of Guerrero, Mexico. They paint beautifulcolonial scenes depicting their way of life which may includecathedrals and town squares, mountains and lakes and workers in thefields, fish, birds, deer or rabbit, agave plants and field workers,weddings, festivals. Religious and cultural events are often depicted on the pots, astyle known as barro con historia. A fabulous capsule of colonial life.

Pottery productionin Oapan and Ameyaltepec dates from pre-Hispanic times. Women madepots and plates, ceremonial pieces and human and animal figures. Inthe 1950\'s when foreign tourists starting coming to Mexico (Taxco,Acapulco and Cuernavaca), those areas became outlets for the Balsascrafters. There are severalvillages in the la mezcala region that paint on clay, amate paper orwood, but three villages are very significant for their geographiclocation and historical background:

Oapan - has apre-Hispanic pottery tradition and was the first place where paintedclay was made.

Ameyaltepec – isthe hometown of Pedro de Jesus and Critino Flores Medina, pioneers inthe amate paintings. The biggest evolution in the painting style wasaccomplished here.

Xalitla – a smallvillage located next to the Federal highway from Mexico City toAcapulco, becoming a producing and selling center for many Guerrerofolk art styles.

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Vintage Mexican Folk Art Ameyaltepec Guerrero Pottery Vase Owl Tan Red 14\":
$150.00