Featured in this lot is this Mata Ortiz polychrome pottery by Rafael Silviera. The pottery vessel features a wonderfully and professionally crafted pottery construction that shows polychrome coloration of red black on light brown with geometric patterns and a lizard effigy carved into both sides of the pottery vessel. The vessel is marked on the underside as follows: Rafael Silviera. Mata Ortiz pottery is a recreation of the Mogollon pottery found in and around the archeological site of Casas Grandes (Paquimé) 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. The condition of this larger Mata Ortiz pottery vessel is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this pottery vessel is 8 3/4" x 8 1/2" x 8 1/2". The collective weight of this pottery vessel is 3lb 14oz.