Ceramist unknown (Spanish or Criollo)
Puebla de los Ángeles, Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico)
Tibor (Jar)
INV-1043
Ceramist unknown (Spanish or Criollo)
Puebla de los Ángeles, Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico)1700–50
Folk Artspanish colonialeuropeanArts of the Americastin-glazed wareearthenware
Date
1700–50
Medium
Earthenware and tin-glaze, with cobalt glaze
Dimensions
62.5 × 40.2 × 40.2 cm (24 5/8 × 15 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Eva Lewis in memory of her husband, Herbert Pickering Lewis
Shiny ceramic glazes were introduced to the Americas after the European invasions. In Puebla, founded in 1531 southeast of Mexico City, Spanish colonists began making glazed ceramics, like this one, resembling those from Talavera de la Reina in Spain, resulting in a new style called Talavera Poblana. These new American ceramics also showed influences of Chinese blue-and-white porcelains brought to Mexico by the Manila galleons via the Philippines. The floral designs upon this vessel appear to draw from European textiles. Its pair is in the Museo Franz Mayer in Mexico City.
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