Cruz Renteria

Mata Ortiz

Cruz Renteria and his wife, Blanca Quezada, are potters living and working in Barrio Americano in the village of Mata Ortiz. Blanca usually likes to make small polychrome plates while Cruz seems to prefer making small white globular jars with lids and painting them with black geometric designs.


Fine line geometric design on a polychrome lidded jar
Polychrome lidded jar with fine line geometric design
4.5 in H by 4.25 in Dia
Lidded miniature black-on-white jar with a geometric design Geometric design on a miniature lidded black-on-white jar
2.25 in H by 1.5 in Dia
Fine line design on a miniature lidded jar
Miniature lidded jar decorated with a fine line geometric design
2.25 in H by 1.75 in Dia
Fine line geometric design on a lidded black-on-white jar
A lidded black-on-white jar decorated with a fine line geometric design
3.75 in L by 3.75 in W by 6 in H

Mata Ortiz/Casas Grandes Potters