The practical book of early American arts and crafts . the fore part of the seven-teenth century trade relations of some magnitude ex-isted between Mexico and the Orient, and, naturallyenough, a good deal of excellent porcelain andpottery from Cathay found their way through thischannel to the shores of New Spain. Naturally enough,also, their presence produced an appreciable effect uponthe colour, design, and shape of Mexican pottery. TheChinese influence, once introduced, lent a new refine-ment to the ware made at Puebla, and continued apowerful factor in the maiolica industry until quite thee
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . the fore part of the seven-teenth century trade relations of some magnitude ex-isted between Mexico and the Orient, and, naturallyenough, a good deal of excellent porcelain andpottery from Cathay found their way through thischannel to the shores of New Spain. Naturally enough,also, their presence produced an appreciable effect uponthe colour, design, and shape of Mexican pottery. TheChinese influence, once introduced, lent a new refine-ment to the ware made at Puebla, and continued apowerful factor in the maiolica industry until quite theend of the eighteenth century. This influeaice is easilydetected in colour, a full rich blue; in shape, in thecontour of jars, which closely followed the lines ofginger jars, and, also, in the contour of vases, of whichnot a few were potted in the inverted pear form; finally,in types of design and methods of decoration we findnot only Chinese figures and decorative motifs freelyemployed, but also a noticeable following of Chineseforms of
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