{"product_id":"maya-blue-mexican-abalone-capo","title":"Maya Blue Mexican Abalone | Capo","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe recently got the opportunity to buy some special blue abalone shell from Mexico.  The rippling of this Mexican Abalone is just stunning.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"float: left;\"\u003eA design note on our use of the color \"Maya Blue.\"  When we came across this light blue shell made from Mexican Abalone I just knew we had to call it Maya Blue.  In 17th Century Europe, when Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens painted their famous masterworks, ultramarine blue pigment made from the semi-precious lapis lazuli stone was mined far away in Afghanistan and cost more than its weight in gold. Only the most illustrious painters were allowed to use the costly material, while lesser artists were forced to use duller colors that faded under the sun. It wasn’t until the industrial revolution in the 19th Century that a synthetic alternative was invented, and true ultramarine blue finally became widely available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/story\/20180816-the-rare-blue-the-mayans-invented\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"lmmaculate Conception by Baltasar de Echave (Credit: Museo Nacional de Arte de Mexico)\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/wwfeatures\/wm\/live\/1600_640\/images\/live\/p0\/6h\/ng\/p06hngts.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross the Atlantic Ocean, in Mexico, colonial Baroque works created by artists like José Juárez, Baltasar de Echave Ibia and Cristóbal de Villalpando in early 17th Century Mexico – New Spain – were full of this beautiful blue. How could this be? Lapis lazuli was even rarer in the New World. It wasn’t until the middle of the 20th Century that archaeologists discovered the Maya had invented a resilient and brilliant blue, centuries before their land was colonized and their resources exploited. You can read more on this amazing color that the Mayan's invented and its history \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/story\/20180816-the-rare-blue-the-mayans-invented\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thalia","offers":[{"title":"Black Chrome \/ None","offer_id":30076743876679,"sku":"B200-MBA","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Chrome \/ Circle","offer_id":50663866761495,"sku":"B200-MBA-E1","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Chrome \/ Deco","offer_id":50663866794263,"sku":"B200-MBA-E2","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Chrome \/ None","offer_id":30076747808839,"sku":"C200-MBA","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Chrome \/ Circle","offer_id":50663866827031,"sku":"C200-MBA-E1","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Chrome \/ Deco","offer_id":50663866859799,"sku":"C200-MBA-E2","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24K Gold \/ None","offer_id":17204951875655,"sku":"G250-MBA","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24K Gold \/ Circle","offer_id":50663866892567,"sku":"G250-MBA-E1","price":124.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24K Gold \/ Deco","offer_id":50663866925335,"sku":"G250-MBA-E2","price":124.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/1743\/files\/NU_GLM_DCH_ab1eba65-1870-48ed-8012-520ee317fc24.jpg?v=1756218833","url":"https:\/\/www.thaliacapos.com\/products\/maya-blue-mexican-abalone-capo","provider":"ThaliaCapos.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}