DepartmentLatin America

Basin

NameBasin

CultureMexican

Datec. 1740s - 1750s

Place madePuebla, Mexico, North America

MediumEarthenware with tin glaze and cobalt in-glaze decoration

Dimensions5 1/8 × 15 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (13 × 40 × 40 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Houghton Sawyer Collection, A.1969.45.7

Object numberA.1969.45.7

Collections

Mayolica

DescriptionPainted in Puebla adaptation of Spanish - Arabic decoration in light, thin blue and thick, dark blue. Four cloud collar points tasseld w/ petals and dotsare suspended into bowl filled w/ reserve white hook scrolls and circles frame a white interior field containing symmetrically arranged floral groupings. Piecrust rim was made with an implement instead of fingertips contains egg-and-dart pattern. No exterior decoration.