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San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Jar
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.

Jar

DepartmentLatin American Art
Dateca. 1925
MediumPainted and burnished ceramic
Dimensionsh. 31 1/4 in. (79.4 cm)
diam. 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection
Object number85.98.1854
Geography
Place madeTonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
General regionNorth and Central America
DescriptionA 2.5 foot-high burnished ceramic jar covered with floral designs. The flowers themselves are white, but the artist has painted the background with blue, red, yellow, and green.Label TextThis work is unique among early twentieth-century Tonalá ceramics not only for its monumental scale, but also for its bright color, possibly achieved using a fine white clay known as matiz. The decoration on this vessel also possesses a unique palette for Tonalá earthenware. The artist depicted the leaves and flowers in white, while painting the space between in reds, blues, greens, and yellows. The traditional “flor de Tonalá” design, characterized by flowers with layered, scalloped petals, appears throughout the vessel. Esta obra es única entre las cerámicas de comienzos del siglo XX de Tonalá, no solo por su escala monumental, sino también por su vibrante color, posiblemente logrado al usar una arcilla fina de color blanco conocida como “matiz”. La decoración de este recipiente también posee una singular paleta de color para la loza de Tonalá. El artista representó las hojas y flores en blanco, mientras que pintó los espacios libres en tonos rojos, azules, verdes y amarillos. El diseño tradicional “flor de Tonalá”, evidenciado por las flores superpuestas de pétalos festoneados, aparece por toda la vasija. (LA, 2022)Exhibition HistoryCon Cariño: Mexican Folk Art from the Collection of the San Antonio Museum Association (San Antonio Museum of Art), 1986.Published ReferencesCon Cariño: Mexican Folk Art from the Collection of the San Antonio Museum Association (San Antonio Museum of Art), 1986.
On view
Collections
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.
Jar
Unknown
ca. 1940
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Vase
ca. 1930
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, 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, 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, Gift of Edward and Ann Hudson.
Carlota Head Bank
n.d.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Censer
Culture: Chinese
1522-1566
Gift of Ramona Frates Seeligson.
Sea Urchin Vessel
Unknown
Culture: Colima culture
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Piggy Bank
Unknown
20th century

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