Tibor (Jar)
1700–50
Medium
Earthenware and tin-glaze, with cobalt glaze
Dimensions
62.5 × 40.2 × 40.2 cm (24 5/8 × 15 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
Classification
tin-glazed ware
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
10431
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Shiny ceramic glazes were introduced to the Americas after the European invasions. In Puebla, founded in 1531 southeast of Mexico City, Spanish colonists began making glazed ceramics, like this one, resembling those from Talavera de la Reina in Spain, resulting in a new style called Talavera Poblana. These new American ceramics also showed influences of Chinese blue-and-white porcelains brought to Mexico by the Manila galleons via the Philippines. The floral designs upon this vessel appear to dr...