Tray (Batea) with Turnus Provoked into War by Aeneas ca. 1764 José Manuel de la Cerda This exceptional lacquerware tray (batea) is the work of José Manuel de la Cerda, an Indigenous artist active in Pátzcuaro (Michoacán) in west-central Mexico during the mid-18th century. De la Cerdas highly inventive lacquerware exemplifies the ways in which local artistic traditions in New Spain were profoundly transformed by the presence of imported art objects from both Europe and Asia. Using a pre-Hispanic lacquer technique, De la Cerdas batea features a rarely depicted episode from Virgils Aeneid in combination with ornamentation inspired by East Asian lacquerware as well as European chinoiserie. The batea provides visual evidence of the cultural consequences of Mexicos unusual status as a nexus of both transpacific and transatlantic trade.. Tray (Batea) with Turnus Provoked into War by Aeneas. José Manuel de la Cerda (Mexico, active 18th century). Mexican. ca. 1764. Wood, painted lacquer, go

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Tray (Batea) with Turnus Provoked into War by Aeneas ca. 1764 José Manuel de la Cerda This exceptional lacquerware tray (batea) is the work of José Manuel de la Cerda, an Indigenous artist active in Pátzcuaro (Michoacán) in west-central Mexico during the mid-18th century. De la Cerdas highly inventive lacquerware exemplifies the ways in which local artistic traditions in New Spain were profoundly transformed by the presence of imported art objects from both Europe and Asia. Using a pre-Hispanic lacquer technique, De la Cerdas batea features a rarely depicted episode from Virgils Aeneid in combination with ornamentation inspired by East Asian lacquerware as well as European chinoiserie. The batea provides visual evidence of the cultural consequences of Mexicos unusual status as a nexus of both transpacific and transatlantic trade.. Tray (Batea) with Turnus Provoked into War by Aeneas. José Manuel de la Cerda (Mexico, active 18th century). Mexican. ca. 1764. Wood, painted lacquer, go

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