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Plate / Plato
1650-1750, Mexico City or Puebla, Mexico
Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City
Photo by Michel Zabé

The Mexican series, Abó Polychrome, appears to be based on the serie punteada, the earliest Spanish-made Rennaissance-style pottery dating from between 1570 and 1620. The regal Renaissance figure has been replaced by a stereotypical portrayal of a Mexican Indian adorned with quetzal or guacamaya feathers.