La China Poblana Sculpture

This sculpture represent the Mexican female character of La China Poblana, and it's made of Talavera, an ancient ceramic technique with appellation of origin from the city of Puebla in Mexico (so it can not be done anywhere else in the world). I chose to use this technique because I think it represents correctly the folk of the city and the legend it appeals to. La China Poblana, roughly translated to english as "The Chinese girl of Puebla" (also called Saemi San) is the name given to a famous folkloric character that have been related to a legend since the late nineteenth century in the Mexican culture. According to the local history, this is the nickname of a dead Asian slave belonging to a noble lineage of India whose name was Mirra. The clothing design is a late baroque expression of the past national pride promoted by the prevailing political culture known as "El Porfiriato". (is to be noted that at this time in Mexico it was common to use the term 'Chinese' to refer to people of Asian descent, regardless of their real ethnic origin). After being converted to Catholicism in Cochin, an Indian city from where she was abducted by Portuguese pirates, Mirra was given the name of Catarina de San Juan, and this was the name with which she was known in city of Puebla (Mexico) where she served as a slave, then she married a rich lieutenant then. When she died, Catarina de San Juan was buried in the sacristy of the Temple of the Society of Jesus in Puebla, which is popularly known as the Tomb of the China Poblana. Today in its broadest and most common sense, it is the name of what is considered the typical costume of women in the State of Puebla within the Mexican Republic, although in reality it was only typical of some urban areas in the center and southeast of the country, before its disappearance in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Sculpture:Ceramic on Ceramic

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:9.8 W x 18.9 H x 7.9 D in

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