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

DepartmentLatin American Art

Date1930s

MediumEarthenware, paint, glaze

Dimensionsheight: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
diameter: 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm)

Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection

Object number85.98.1750

Geography

Place madeTlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico

General regionNorth and Central America

DescriptionA platter, also known as a charger, illustrating a rural scene. A few figures wearing wide-brimmed hats, or sombreros, walk between a village located on the left-hand side of the illustration to a house on the right-hand side. The path is decorated with cacti and agave plants, and two brilliantly-plumed birds fly overhead.Label TextThis piece embodies the traditional style of Tlaquepaque glazed ceramic platters and was made to be a decoration. The platter depicts figures in sombreros walking between two villages, surrounded by agave plants and prickly pear cacti. Tlaquepaque is one of several communities in the Mexican state of Jalisco that has a rich, centuries-old ceramic tradition. Este plato decorativo personifica el estilo tradicional de los platos de cerámica esmaltada de Tlaquepaque. La pieza muestra figuras con sombreros caminando entre dos pueblos, rodeadas de agave y nopales. Tlaquepaque es una de varias regiones de Jalisco con una tradición centenaria de producción de cerámica. (LA, 2022)Exhibition HistoryCon Cariño: Mexican Folk Art from the Collection of the San Antonio Museum Association (San Antonio Museum of Art), 1986.

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