Copper Charger (Base de cobre)

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Copper Charger (Base de cobre)

Mexico, circa 1940-1950
Furnishings; Serviceware
Copper, turquoise
Diameter: 19 1/2 in. (49.53 cm) Height: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Gift of Ronald A. Belkin (M.2013.4.24)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

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The imagery of this repoussé platter is inspired by the Oval Palace Tablet at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico....
The imagery of this repoussé platter is inspired by the Oval Palace Tablet at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. It depicts the accesion of Pakal, who sits on a double-headed jaguar throne as his mother offers him a crown to symbolize his kingship. Matilde Poulat probably based her design on an illustration by Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, a ninteenth-century French traveling artist who created illustrations of Mayan art and architecture.
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