View all examples of ARANAMA POLYCHROME
| Type Name: | ARANAMA POLYCHROME |
| Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
| Production Origin: | PUEBLA, MEXICO |
| Date Range: | 1750-1800 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Cream to orange-colored, hard, compact paste. Interior and Exterior are covered with an off-white backgroud enamel. Orange band framed in brown-black around the rim and around the base of the brim. Brim and center of vessel are filled with floral and geometric designs with green and yellow the predominant colors. A second variety is defined by a black-bordered orange rim band with orange and yellow floral elements pendant from it. In the center of the vessel is a human figure. |
| Vessel Forms: |
BOWL PLATE TAZA |
| Comments: | This type marked the initiation of a green-on-orange polychrome tradition that extended throughout the 19th century in Mexico and replaced the 18th century blue-on-white emphasis. The second variety is easily confused with Abo Polychrome. The design motifs overlap but Abo generally has a freer use of blue, a larger number of balloon-like elements, and more open unpainted background areas than Aranama. |
| Published Definitions: | Goggin 1968; May 1972; Lister and Lister 1974; Deagan 1987 |