A Study of the Chinese Influence on Mexican Ceramics
For more than two centuries the Manila Galleon arrived in New Spain loaded with oriental merchandise.As they passed through New Spain,from Acapulco to Veracruz,on their way to Spain,many of these products remained in the cities and towns located on the route,providing the elite with luxury goods that were to influence the local crafts.Chinese porcelain became one of the most important sources of inspiration for the majolica potters of New Spain.This chapter focuses on the influence of Chinese porcelain in colonial Mexican majolica with a particular emphasis on ornament understood as a term that articulates both surface and decorative motifs.By analyzing the unique ways in which Chinese ornaments were adopted and adapted by colonial potters into a style of their own,this work explores the cross-cultural circulation of ornamental elements in the majolica of New Spain,how these elements reflect the insertion of majolica in the global networks of the Early Modern world,and will emphasize the way in which some of these elements were abstracted to the point that they became part of the traditional repertoire of what today is considered traditional Mexican majolica.
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