Miniature Pitcher

This piece belongs to what is known in archaeological terms as Abó Políchromo, of poblano origin or just Puebla polychrome, produced between 1650 and 1750 aprox. The motifs represented are phytomorphic, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic or geometric, with naturalistic representations, outlined in black and with vivid colors. Its main forms are "bowls", plates, tiles and jugs. It's a kind of fine china. The Abó correspond, according to the specialist Alfonso Pleguezuelo to a version of the series of polychrome Talavera (very similar to Montelupo in Italy). But the shape of the semi-spherical bowls so much to imitate the forms of Chinese porcelain, the dish shown here, of Italian influence, is similar to those that were made basically in Seville.

Vase type Puebla polychrome. With a yellow background, outlined in black and decorated in cobalt blue, the piece, given that it has a signature at the base, could have been produced between 1653, the date on which the ordinances of lociero, which are approved by the viceroy of the New Spain in 1659, until the mid-eighteenth century.