Doña Rosa Signed Oaxaca Handbuilt Black Platter
Item Details
A Doña Rosa signed black clay handbuilt platter. The platter is gently curved in a square shape, highly burnished by hand. It is signed on the underside with “Donna Rosa, Oax, Mex,’ and includes an ‘Hecho en Mexico’ paper label.
Doña Rosa is known for her modern development of the use of black clay, “barro negro,” in Mexican pottery, and using a burnishing technique to compress the clay platelets so that the ware is exceptionally strong, glossy and has a rich, deep onyx black and silvery color. Her work is collected and prized among aficionados of the Mexican pottery tradition, and her family still operates her workshop in its original location. Please see the link below for a video of Doña Rosa making a vessel on her rudimentary potter’s “wheel.”
Condition
- minor surface marks throughout.
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Item #
17MOR028-139-6645
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