Water Jar in the form of a Pineapple

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Water Jar in the form of a Pineapple

Date: 1960

Medium: Earthenware with glaze

Dimensions:

32 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (82.6 × 49.5 cm)

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection

Object number: 85.98.1894.a-b

Published References M. Oettinger, Jr., Folk Treasures of Mexico (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990), 174, plate 111.

Label Text

The potter who created this monumental jar in the shape of a pineapple captured the fruit’s scaly texture by applying hundreds of perfectly aligned wedges of clay around the vessel. Spiky brown leaves cover its lid to complete the effect. The glazing technique used on this jar involved applying a glaze made with iron oxide to the earthenware surface before its second firing. The Spanish colonizers brought this technique to Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century.

El alfarero que creó esta jarra monumental con forma de piña capturó la textura escamosa de la fruta aplicando cientos de cuñas de arcilla perfectamente alineadas alrededor de su forma. Hojas puntiagudas de color marrón cubren su tapa y completen el efecto. La técnica de vidriado empleada en esta vasija consistió en aplicar un vidriado elaborado con óxido de hierro sobre la superficie de la loza antes de su segunda cocción. Los colonizadores españoles llevaron esta técnica a Mesoamérica en el siglo XVI.

(LA, 2022)

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Water Jar in the form of a Pineapple

Water Jar in the form of a Pineapple