Señor Gerardo Mora Teña - Petite Folk Art - Mata Ortiz Mexican

Artist Girardo Mora Teña Width   - 3.25 inches Height  - 2.75 inches Weight - 4 ouncesA pottery ring is included for sitting on. Artist Girardo Mora Teña is the master craftsman behind this pottery. His work covers a wide spectrum of creativity and design. Also, his work has been difficult to acquire, but I have it here! His creation of this art is very time consuming. He harvests his own clay in the nearby Sierra Madre Mountains. The dye for the glaze is obtained from local plants and stone and soil. The pottery is bathed in symbols and shapes first used in the Chihuahua Casas Grandes region one thousand years ago. This is an old art form in the New World.  Paquime impressions of geometric triangles swath the opening in a circular pattern. Ancient cosmic pinwheels and abstract shapes are everywhere. For a small piece such as this, there is an amazing amount of detail. This pottery is new and is fresh and has never previously been owned. It comes with a pottery ring to sit on. The Arti