Water Vessel with Lid

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Water Vessel with Lid

Medium: Earthenware and paint

Dimensions:

Water Vessel

height: 12 in. (30.5 cm)

diameter: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Lid

height: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection

Object number: 85.1.1511.a-b

Signed: Embossed maker's mark at the bottom of the vessel reads: "Ladislao Ortega, Tonala, [Jalisco]"

Inscribed: "Ladislao Ortega, Tonala, Jal.

Label Text

These coordinating ceramic water vessels (85.1.1511.a-b, 85.1.1512.a-b) come from the studio of the renowned Tonalá ceramicist Ladislao Ortega, indicated by an embossed maker’s mark at the bottom of each work.These vessels were intended to be souvenirs for tourists who traveled to Tonalá for city’s celebrated ceramics. Ladislao Ortega’s work was featured in the 1921 exhibition and catalog titled, Las Artes Populares de Mexico (The Popular Arts of Mexico), the first major presentation of Mexican popular art funded by the Mexican government.

Este juego de vasijas para agua procede del estudio del renombrado ceramista de Tonalá Ladislao Ortega, como indica la marca de fabricante estampada en la base de cada pieza. Estas vasijas servían de recuerdos para los turistas que viajaban a Tonalá por sus celebradas cerámicas. La obra de Ladislao Ortega se incluyó en la exposición de 1921 titulada Las Artes Populares de México y en el catálogo homónimo, y fue la primera gran presentación del arte popular mexicano financiada por el gobierno nacional.

(LA, 2022)

Not on view

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Water Vessel with Lid

Water Vessel with Lid