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Plate

Made by: Miguel Pineda (Mexican, born 1940)
Made for: Los Castillo (Mexican, founded in 1942)
ca. 1960s
Object Place: Taxco, Mexico

Medium/Technique Enamel on copper
Dimensions Overall: 5/8 x 40 1/2 in. (1.6 x 102.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession Number2017.4434
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionRectangular plate with rounded edges with gold background and three fish of varying sizes composed in brown.
Marks "los castillo S.A. / 25. Juarez 76 / Miguel Pineda/ Mexico
ProvenanceBy the 1980s, Clifford S. Ackley, Boston; 2017, gift of Ackley to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)