Mexican Ceramic Olla or Vessel

Round black pot is engraved with sharp geometric bands that catch the light.

This burnished olla vessel in blackware from Mata Ortiz is from Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico, and dates to the 20th century. It is burnished pottery & blackware. Mata Ortiz is a village in Chihuahua, Mexico, where potters revived ancient Casas Grandes pottery techniques in the later twentieth century, notably through the work of Juan Quezada. Rounded pot with a short flared neck and a deep glossy black surface. Matte, finely incised bands of triangles, zigzags, rectangles and dots cover the shoulder and body. The polish and pattern contrast crisply. It is 5.25 inches high and 6.5 in diameter.

Glossy, geometric and extremely well organized.