Florencia Cortés Los Reyes Metzontla, Puebla
Burnished natural clay with slip; hand wheel and applied clay; low-temperature traditional kiln
15.7 × 11.4 × 11.4 in (40 × 29 × 29 cm) 11.4 lb (5.15 kg)
A vase by Florencia Cortés of Los Reyes Metzontla, a Popoloca community in southern Puebla. Rows of small raised dots cover the wide shoulder and run up the straight neck, over a smooth burnished base.
Shaped on a hand wheel, the dots applied one by one, then burnished in a deep brown slip and fired at low temperature in a traditional kiln.
Vase III
$765.00Price
Excluding Sales Tax
