Mexico Green glazed pottery

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México
Green glazed pottery
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Pre-Hispanic ceramic vessel on display at the
Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City
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Modern pottery and ceramics from different areas
of Mexico at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico
City
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Ceramics and pottery in Mexico date back
thousands of years before the Pre-Columbian
period, when ceramic arts and pottery crafts
developed with the first advanced civilizations
and cultures of Mesoamerica. With one exception,
pre-Hispanic wares were not glazed, but rather
burnished and painted with colored fine clay
slips.
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The potter's wheel was unknown as well pieces
were shaped by molding, coiling, and other
methods.
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Pottery-making has always been an important
activity in Santa María Atzompa since it was
founded between the 7th and 9th centuries just
north of the Zapotec city of Monte Albán. The
name Atzompa means high water mark in the Nahuatl
language.
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Today most of the population is involved in
pottery-making and most of the pottery is sold in
Oaxaca.
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This village of potters is one of the most
popular destinations in Oaxaca's Central Valley
and travelers are encouraged to spend time at the
family workshops as well as at the Mercado de
Artesanias on the main road entering the
village.
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The first pottery produced was of the gray type
typical of the region. Lead glazing was
introduced in the 16th century and Atzompa became
an important producer of ceramics shipping to
other parts of Mexico and the United States.
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17 or 18th century Puebla pottery plate on
display at the Museum of Artes Populares in
Mexico City
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The best-selling pottery in the city, and in
fact, the state of Oaxaca is the traditional
green-glazed ceramics. The traditional ceramic is
used for salsa bowls and containers for
chocolate.
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Fanciful designs include bowls shaped as iguanas
and turkeys.
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Atzompa pottery is both decorative and
utilitarian.
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Green jar of Santa Maria Atzompa at Museo
Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca
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Santa Maria Atzompa in the state of Oaxaca is
Oaxacas largest pottery village with more than
1,000 working potters. Among the potters are a
number of innovative artists.
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Of note is Dolores Porras, who along with her
husband Alfredo, pioneered a painted ceramics
style in the late 1960s. Vases and dishes of
every conceivable size are adorned with figures.
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Large pottery jar with lilies by Juana Morales
Velazco of Santa Maria Atzompa on display at
Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca in San
Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
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