View all examples of MEXICAN RED PAINTED
| Type Name: | MEXICAN RED PAINTED |
| Type Index: | UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE |
| Production Origin: | MEXICO |
| Date Range: | 1550-1750 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Buff or reddish sand-tempered paste. Thin, wheel thrown vessels. Smoothed surface covered with red pigment burnishing or painting. Molded and relief designs are sometimes present. |
| Vessel Forms: |
BOWL JAR PLATO SAUCER |
| Comments: | Mexican Red Painted Ware’s name derives from the original type definition by Hale Smith, who named it because it appears similar to Aztec redwares. Unglazed, wheel-thrown, red painted or red burnished earthenware vessels, however, were probably made in a variety of American ceramic production centers, including Mexico. |
| Published Definitions: | Smith 1949; Deagan 2002:43-44 |