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San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Vase
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Ansen Seale.

Vase

DepartmentLatin American Art
Dateca. 1930
MediumPainted and burnished earthenware
Dimensionsh. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
diam. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection
Object number85.98.1846
Geography
Place madeTonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
DescriptionLarge vase with a fluted base. Floral design in blue, rust, peach, and green. Background is a flesh color with blue and rust stripe borders at top and bottom.Label TextThis jar was made in Tonalá, a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco famous for its pottery. The surfaces on the two larger jars are hand-painted and burnished, a technique used to smooth and polish clay to create a shiny surface without the use of glaze. Coming from Tonalá, it is likely that these jars were intended as decorative artwork rather than as storage containers. Supporters of the Mexican popular art movement in the 1920s and 1930s championed Tonalá artists and their market for the quality of their work. Esta vasija fue hecha en Tonalá, un municipio del estado de Jalisco famoso por su alfarería. Las superficies de las dos jarras más grandes están bruñidas y pintadas a mano. El bruñido es una técnica que consiste en frotar el barro para crear una superficie brillante sin el uso de esmalte. Es probable que el objetivo de realizar estas piezas fuera el de venderlos como obras de arte decorativo. Los partidarios del movimiento cultural que apoyó al arte popular mexicano en las décadas de 1920 y 1930 defendieron a los artistas de Tonalá y su mercado por la calidad de sus artesanías. LA, 2020Exhibition HistoryCon Cariño: Mexican Folk Art from the Collection of the San Antonio Museum Association (San Antonio Museum of Art), 1986.

Not on view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Jar
ca. 1925
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Jar
ca. 1930
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Piggy Bank
Unknown
ca. 1930
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Piggy Bank
Unknown
1930s
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of the Mexican Government.
Jar
Unknown
ca. 1960
San Antonio Musseum of Art, Gift of the Mexican Government.
Jar
Unknown
ca. 1960
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Lillie and Roy Cullen Endowment…
Earthenware Jar from Tonalá
Unknown
mid to late 18th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Piggy Bank
Unknown
20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Edward and Ann Hudson.
Carlota Head Bank
n.d.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter P. Cecere.
Oil Jar
Culture: Spanish
n.d.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Talavera Vase
The Uriarte Family
late-19th to early-20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Lam Family.
Untitled
Ningura Napurrula
Culture: Aboriginal Australians (Ngaatjatjarra language group)
2005

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