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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

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