  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  A potter in the Mexican city Puebla made this bowl around 1780 from local earthenware clay. Its images and patterns in blue glaze against an opaque white ground emulate the appearance of expensive Chinese porcelain. During this period, that landlocked city became an important stop in the transport of luxury goods from Asia to Spain. Trading galleons sailing across the Spanish colonial empire brought porcelain from China to the Pacific coast of Mexico, which then passed through Puebla while crossing overland to ports on the Atlantic coast.

Artisans in Puebla during the 1700s found inspiration in diverse sources from Asia, Europe, and North America. While the ornamental style of this bowl is related to Chinese porcelain, the floral images painted in blue depict plants founds in Mexico.
  
  
  Title
  Bowl
  
  
  Artwork Date
  ca. 1780
  
  Artist
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  Life Dates
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  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  Mexican
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
  Puebla
  
  
  Medium
  Tin-glazed earthenware
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Ceramics
  
  
  Department
  American Art before 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Museum Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  2019.14
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
