DepartmentLatin America
Stacking set of piña pots.
NamePiña pots
Artist
Hilario Alejos Madrigal
Date2002-2003
(not assigned)San Jose de Gracia, Michoacán, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic (earthenware), glaze
Dimensions61 1/4 × 22 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (155.5753 × 57.1501 × 57.1501 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Dewey Family and the Tapia Widmar Family
Object numberFA.2010.58.1a-w
DescriptionLarge set of high sheen dark green stacking sculptural pots in the form of round pineapples (piña). There are three large central round, scaled pots, connected by two stacking lids with four pillars, each with four projecting saucers upon which sit smaller pots with separate lids. Atop the uppermost central pot is a crowning pineapple shaped finial.
Artist unrecorded
