SPANISH COLONIAL TALAVERA POBLANA MAJOLICA CHOCOLATE JAR
Puebla, Mexico, 18th c., blue and white tin glazed earthenware with stylized floral and leaf design, wrought iron locking collar, lid and latch with key, 12"h; 8"diam.
Similar example in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Talavera refers to the majolica-producing city of Talavera de la Reina in Spain. Transmitted to Mexico during the colonial period, Talavera emulated the designs of fashionable imported Spanish ceramics which showed the influence of Islamic, Chinese, Italian, and French ceramics popular in cosmopolitan Spain during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This jar would have been used to store valuable commodities like cacao beans.
Lock not in working order; rim of base has chip (colored in) and minor edge roughage; small pea-sized hole in iron collar.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Realized: $3,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 161 : SPANISH COLONIAL TALAVERA POBLANA MAJOLICA CHOCOLATE JAR
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