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Rigoberto Mateos Ortega (1942-) Black Clay pottery, or

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
Rigoberto Mateos Ortega (1942-)  Black Clay pottery, or
Rigoberto Mateos Ortega (1942-) Black Clay pottery, or Barro Negro is a traditional folk art technique that most collectors and admirers believe is only used in Oaxaca, Mexico for the production of "black" pottery. However, lost in the annuls of ceramic history, it is a little known fact that Tonalá, Jalisco, also produced the black clay pottery back in the 1940s. Rigoberto Mateos Ortega, born in 1942, was an artist in barro negro esgrafiado and passed his trade down to his family. Although for many years the family was engaged in producing other types of pottery, today Eusebio Mateos Ortega (52 years old) and his brother, Pablo are reviving the barro negro tradicion Tonalteca (Tonalá tradition).(Size: See second photo for measurement.) Photos are part of the description representing the condition report. Pangaea Auctions urges Bidder's to view all attached photos.