Mata Ortiz Pottery Tomas Quintana Huge Buffalo Effigy Mexican Ceramic Folk Art

Take a very good look at this amazing and gorgeous huge effigy buffalo created totally by hand by potter Tomas Quintana. This bison is huge totally huge with fabulous designs and detail. Tomas lives in a neighboring village to Mata Ortiz, his daughter lives in Mata Ortiz. Tomas has for many years been an admirer of the work of the potters. On his own he has developed a special kind of effigies that are inspired by the Mata Ortiz designs.

He has developed a unique rough-primitive style of painting and barely sanded extremely well-formed effigy figures. As you are viewing this piece imagine what goes into every aspect of totally hand making every effigy.

So much amazing talent is needed to create this piece, and he is totally self-taught. This piece is 100% handmade - hand painted and carved in the coil pinch method. Artist has signed this piece.

Piece is 9 1/2 inches tall x 14 inches in length x 6 inches wide. This buffalo weighs 5.4 ounces. New - Never Displayed Piece. MATA ORTIZ POTTERY STORY: Is a recreation of the Mogollon pottery found in and around the archeological site of Casas Grandes (Paquime') in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

Named after the modern town of Mata Ortiz, which is near the archeological site, the style was propagated by Juan Quezada Celado. Quezada learned on his own to recreate this ancient pottery and then went on to update it.

Be Sure To View All Photos Shown For Views Of The Beautiful Work. You Will Want To Add This Beauty Into Your Collection - Sure To Become One Of Your Families Heirloom Pieces. Our Studio Is Pet Free, Smoke Free, Very Clean, Temperature Controlled. Please Message Me Prior To Paying For Combined Invoice.