Unidentified artist
Jar (Jarrón)circa 1700-1750

On view:

Geffen Galleries, The Global Appeal of Blue-and-White Ceramics

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.