LARGE hollow TRAY known as batea in polychrome lacquer (blue - Lot 98

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LARGE hollow TRAY known as batea in polychrome lacquer (blue - Lot 98
LARGE hollow TRAY known as batea in polychrome lacquer (blue, orange, white, red, yellow, pink) on a black background. Decoration of concentric circles with a background representing a historical scene and wide band with characters. In the center, under a stylized sun, a horseman dressed in the fashion of Louis XIII, with a wide-brimmed hat, a large white collar and high shoes stopping at the knees, accompanied by a dog; below, two musicians playing guitar between a vase and a goat; higher, left and right, two couples of women holding bouquets; all around these figures, dwellings, tents and domed houses, lush vegetation populated by small animals. On the wide band, four scenes separated by a large floral dahlia button depicting the same types of characters, gentlemen, some with swords at their belts, ladies with long skirts, musicians, maidservants, in an identical environment with tents and domes, trees and stylized flowers, squirrels, rabbits and various quadrupeds. The large central medallion is separated from the large band by a small frieze of flowers made up of groups of punctuations and a larger one with floral buds interspersed with foliage; these same friezes separate the large band from the edge of the dish. On the reverse, a black lacquer background and a frieze on the edge of a long polychrome scroll with head-to-toe flowers. Mexico, Michoacán, Periban or Uruapan, circa 1650 Diameter: 75,5 cm - Height: 11 cm (slight accidents, small polychrome repeats). Mexican lacquer, unlike oriental lacquer, which is composed of vegetable exudation, is based on a mixture of animal fat extracted from the female cochineal, a drying oil extracted from sage seeds or chicalote and white earth of mineral origin based on lime carbonate, magnesia and silica. These components, depending on the region, may vary. The lacquer of Michoacan, the cradle of varnish, uses tzirimu or alisier wood for its trays, which is covered with this boiled mixture to which pin
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