Green on white jar

NameJar

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateearly 20th century

Place madeChordeleg, Azuay, Ecuador, South America

MediumCeramic, glaze (majolica)

Dimensions9 × 10 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (22.86 × 26.6701 × 24.13 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Gay Sinclair, Collection of Bob Sinclair, A.2012.86.8

Object numberA.2012.86.8

DescriptionNearly round vessel with wide mouth and short (1") neck, the neck decorated with swags. Vessel has an opposed pair of three applied decorative handles which run from neck to waist. The top half of the vessel gleazed in a dark pinkish peach, slightly shiny ground color with dotted floral forms, winding patterns and leaves on the wide, rounded shoulder. A twisted leather handle is tied in a loop through the top loops of the applied handles. The bottom half of the body unglazed, and colored in warm browns and blacks.