Florencia C. Los Reyes Metzontla, Puebla

Burnished natural clay with slip, thrown on a hand wheel with appliqué and reduction firing; low-temperature traditional kiln

14.2 × 11.4 × 11.4 in (36 × 29 × 29 cm) 10.5 lb (4.78 kg)

A vase by Florencia C. of Los Reyes Metzontla, a Popoloca community in southern Puebla. A short flared neck sits on a shoulder studded with small balls of clay, over a dark lower body.

Shaped on the hand-turned wheel, decorated with applied clay (pastillaje), burnished and fired at low temperature in a traditional kiln; a reduction firing darkens the lower half.