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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Jar (Jarrón)
Date Made:19th century
Type:Ceramic
Materials:glazed earthenware
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Guanajuato
Measurements:Overall: 3 7/16 in x 4 1/2 in; 8.7 cm x 11.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.597
Credit Line:Gift of the children of Dwight W. Morrow (Class of 1895) and Elizabeth C. Morrow
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Pear-shaped jar with pale green ground, dark brown graphic decoration around center of body and lower section. Inscription: No me presto y me doy solo de mi dueno soy. [Do not lend me and I belong only to my owner]. Other markings refer to Jesuit Order. Light brown floral design on should, high neck with deeper green band. 2 scroll handles. Low slanting foot, bottom glazed with large "A" in dark brown. Illust. in "Casa Manana," Exhbit: AFA, "Mexican Art, 1930-31, #74 (label on bottom).

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