Mata Ortiz Pottery Ollas - Medium

Raise your decor with this handmade, hand-painted earthenware ceramic vase featuring a smooth terracotta body slip decoration. The exterior is beautifully adorned with intricate geometric line patterns, repeating feather or leaf-shaped details, and fine hatching marks painted in cream/white slips.

This Mata Ortiz polychrome pottery vase originates from the small village of Juan Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico, and is highly celebrated for its intricate geometric and fine-line hand-painted decorations.

The piece exhibits a wide rounded belly and a flared rim typical of Casas Grandes-revival pottery traditions signed by M Hernandez. "Olla" means jar