DepartmentLatin America

Chocolate Storage Jar

NameChocolate Storage Jar; Jar

CultureMexican

Dateca. 1700

Place madePuebla, Mexico, North America

(not assigned)México

MediumEarthenware with tin glaze and cobalt in-glaze

Dimensions13 1/4 × 11 × 11 in. (33.7 × 28 × 28 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Houghton Sawyer Collection, A.1969.45.17

Object numberA.1969.45.17

Collections

Mayolica

DescriptionUnusual combination of Arabic and European Rococo styles fused by provincial brushwork in smoothly painted deep blue glaze lightened by light blue details. Decorated zone made up of four panels contain long-tailed phoenix, scrolls, and other Chinese motifs. Lines that segment panels are somewhat uneven.