DepartmentLatin America

Jar

NameJar

Artist Artist not recorded

DateEarly 20th century

Place madeBarrio de la Luz, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, glaze

DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 10 1/16 in. (35 x 27 x 25.5 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2011.40.1

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionA ceramic jar with handles. The jar decorated on one side with flowers, leaves and a seated woman near the top center who holds something over her shoulder. There is writing incised into the clay just below the woman which reads "Requerdo de Puebla." The overall color is the brown of the fired clay, primarily covered in a clear glaze, or with a shiny black.