Yellow & Blue Flowery Maque Batea Mexican Lacquerware from UruapanABOUT THIS MAQUE DISH This Blue & Yellow Maque lacquered plate or batea is from Uruapan, Michoacan. It is beautifully decorated with two flowers. The whole piece was crafted using the almost lost pre columbian technique of Maque, a type of lacquer developed by the Purepecha indian during the XIVth century. To make the painting, the artist must etch out the pattern and paint it after with a hand made mixture of vegetable pigments, oils and minerals.