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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Tray (Batea)
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Household Accessory
Materials:lacquered wood
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Michoacán; Pátzcuaro
Measurements:Overall: 1 1/8 in x 9 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 2.9 cm x 25.1 cm x 20 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.585
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:
octagonal lacquer tray with lavender background and painted decoration. Central scene of a youth in in white trousers and hat, gold coat, sitting on blue cloak serenading a young girl dressed in white and sitting on a chest on which is a vase of flowers. Scroll and floral design in blue, gold and red around edges. Exterior is black lacquer with red at edges with central floral design in rose, yellow and green

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