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Unidentified artist
Jar (Jarrón)circa 1700-1750

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Ceramic jar with bulbous body, painted in cobalt blue on white with large floral and foliate motifs and a geometric band near the base
Artist or Maker
Unidentified artist
Title
Jar (Jarrón)
Place Made
Mexico, Puebla de los Ángeles
Date Made
circa 1700-1750
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ron A. Belkin, Long Beach, California
Accession Number
M.2014.160.1
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Mexican city of Puebla became a production center for fine earthenware and tiles later known as “Talavera poblana.” The earliest Puebla majolica (tin-glazed earthenware) shows Spanish and Hispano-Islamic influences. However, Puebla is best known for the Chinese-inspired blue-and-white majolica it began producing in the second quarter of the seventeenth century, which remained popular throughout the eighteenth century.
Provenance
Charles Rodney Sadleir, Cuernavaca, Mexico; Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, November 3, 2003, lot 2516; Ronald A. Belkin, Long Beach, California, 2003; LACMA, 2014.

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