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 of tiles with an ascending wave motif | Viceregal and 19th Century Art Galleries | Museo Amparo, Puebla

of tiles with an ascending wave motif

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Region Puebla
Style Puebla polychrome
Technique Tin-glazed earthenware (talavera)
Record number MC.AD.020
Period First half of the 20th Century
Pieces per lot 16
Measures

: 48 x 48 cm

Figure: 19 x 19 cm

Measures 12   x 12  cm
Researcher

of Puebla polychrome style tiles, made with red clay and covered with yellow tin glaze and no evidence of tripod burns.

It has a polychrome glazing with yellow background and feather-like embossed plant decorations in cobalt blue. In the center the figure of an ascending wave is outlined in manganese brown with a brush.

The yellow background is characteristic of the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century. The cobalt blue plant-like feathers match other pieces of the earthenware collection that have the same yellow tin-glaze as a background. It is located on the wall used as a mural.

of Puebla polychrome style tiles, made with red clay and covered with yellow tin glaze and no evidence of tripod burns.

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