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Casas Grandes Polychrome Pot with Stylized Breasts - PF.0623
Origin: Casas Grandes, Mexico
Circa: 1160
AD
to 1260
AD
Dimensions:
6.5" (16.5cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Casas Grandes
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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Like a metaphor for the earth--the most
essential of goddesses--this harmonious,
rounded pot has four breasts affixed to it. One of
the breasts is decorated with a stylized eye, as if
suggesting the omnipotent, nurturing power of
the mother. This is a vessel laden with primal
imagery of fertility and life, almost certainly
created by a woman.
- (PF.0623)
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