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Fig. 13.5 Canton pattern,
blue on white plate rim, c.
1785–1821, from the San
Jerónimo Convent in Mexico
City. Photo Patricia Fournier

Fig. 13.6 Kangxi “famille
verte” plate rim, from the
Otumba area. Photo: Patricia
Fournier

As in many cases, at a probable hamlet in Xaltocan two shards of Chinese
porcelain were found, but no details are provided (Rodríguez-Alegría et al. 2013:
401). Pachuca, a mining town, presents the same problem: a brief mention that
sixteenth to seventeenth century porcelains found during the excavation at a
downtown area (Abascal 1978: 197).
About 55 km southwest of Pachuca, at a former Franciscan monastery in Tepeji
del Rio, state of Hidalgo, a few fragments of Kangxi period blue on white bowls
and plates were found (Castro Saucedo and Castro Saucedo 2011: 293).
Based on excavations in Puebla, the most important urban center in the high-
lands after Mexico City, Kraak porcelain is part of the assemblages and Qing