Dish

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.

Plate type Puebla polychrome. The wing of the plate is incorporated inside the same with which the form seeks to imitate the oriental "bowls". The drawing recalls the genovesa calligraphic series that was imitated in Spain, between 1650 and 1680.