Talavera-Style Ceramic Flower Pot from Mexico, "Marvelous Bouquet"

Painted by hand in the Talavera style, a marvelous and vibrant bouquet decorates the exterior of this flower pot from Mexico. Pedro Tecayehuatl crafts this flower pot of ceramic.

Talavera is a distinctive art form brought to Mexico by artisans from Talavera de la Reina, Spain. The ceramic artisans of Puebla, Mexico then incorporated Chinese designs, thus creating the blue and oyster-white patterns traditionally associated with Talavera Poblana. Today there are also more "contemporary" designs that include yellow, green, orange, mauve, black and red.

National and international conventions require that a rigorous procedure be followed in the elaboration of authentic Talavera-style ceramics. Each individual piece will be slightly different, and therefore a unique work of art.