NEW ITEMS OF ART AT POCAS COSAS
These are new items for the month of September, 2024. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery. New pieces will be added to this page during the month, as we continue to find treasures!
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EV-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful rectangular pottery dish decorated with a finely painted hunting scene, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1940. The corners of the dish are decorated with a shell design. The green background glaze and the fine artwork make this a very special piece. Condition is very good. Size: 15 1/16 inches wide by
11 1/4 inches high by 2 inches deep. Price: $525.
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EV-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very fine and unique pottery bowl by the famous potter Eduardo Valdez, Guanajuato, c. 1950. The bowl is decorated with the image of a finely dressed Mexican musician ready to play at a festival. The bowl is very simple and representative of Valdez' work. Condition is very good. Size: 10 inches widest diameter by 4 1/4 inches high. Price: $215.
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EV-3: Mexican vintage devotional art, a retablo painted on tin depicting Santa Liberata on a cross, Mexico, c. 1940's. The painting is very well-done, and the figure of Santa Liberata is beautiful!
Santa Liberata is a Portugese saint. Her father, the king, demanded that she marry the king of Sicily, but Liberata had taken a vow of virginity. She prayed to God and miraculously grew a beard, at which point her Sicilian suitor abandoned his quest. Her father, in anger, had her crucified. She is the patroness of women with troublesome husbands or suiters. Condition of the retablo is very good given the age of the piece. Size: 10 inches high by 7 inches wide. Price: $325.
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EV-4: Mexican vintage textiles and sarapes, a beautiful textile featuring a wonderful lion. Mexico, c. 1930. The lion is set in a hail-like background, and is framed with colored bands or stripes. The effect is stunning! Condition is very good. Size: 42 1/2 inches wide by 20 1/16 inches high. Price: $375.
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EV-5: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful pair of dangling enamel earrings signed Margo de Taxco, Taxco, c. 1940. The silverwork is excellent, and the enamel earrings are graceful and very elegant.
Condition is very good. Size: 1 inch long by 1 inch wide at the widest part. Price: $199.
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EV-6: Native American Indian vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful sterling silver bracelet with a wonderful turquoise stone and stamping, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1940's.The turquoise stone is stunning, and the stamping is simple and elegant. Condition is very good. Size: 6 1/2 inches circumference with an opening for the wrist of 1 1/2 inches. Price: $475.
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EV-7: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful necklace with silver, tortoise shell and abalone, Taxco, c. 1940's. The necklace is extremely graceful and stunning!
Condition is very good. Size: 14 1/2 inches long. Each medallion is 3/4 inches high by 3/4 inches wide. Price: $475.
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These were new items for the month of August, 2024. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery.
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EU-1: Mexican vintage art and folk art, a beautiful amate bark paiinting, Guerrero, c. 1970's. The bark painting is beautifully painted and depiicts paesanos with their trusty burros traveling to the market. Condition is very good. Size: including the frame, 20 1/2 inches wide by 17 inches high. The amate art piece within the frame is 11 1/2 inches wide by 8 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
EU-2: Native American sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo vintage sterling silver jewelry, a lovely Navajo ribbon necklace with a beautiful sterling and turquoise butterfly pendant, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1930 or earlier. The silverwork is exceptional, with wonderful stamping and a very fine turquoise stone. The black ribbon has two silver buttons. Condition is very good. Size: the butterfly pendant is 1 3/4 inches high by 1 3/4 inches wide at the widest part. The black ribbon is 26 inches long and easily slips over the wearer's head.
SOLD. Thank you!
EU-3: Native American vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery Cochiti pitcher with wonderful artwork, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, c. 1930's. The artwork features a wonderful image of a bird. This piece is museum quality. Condition is very good. Size: 3 3/4 inches high by 3 1/2 inches wide including the handle. The circular base is 2 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $300.
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EU-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery plate with wonderful artwork, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The artwork features a Mexican caballero with his burro, heading to the mercado. The plate has a lovely beige background and a wonderful border.
Condition is very good. Size: 12 inches diameter. Price: $250.
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EU-5: Guatemalan and Mexican vintage devotional art. a beautiful wood and glass nicho, Guatemala or Mexico, c. 1930's. The nicho has three panels of glass and opens from the front. It is painted a rich red with silver highlights. It is in fine condition. Size: 21 inches high by
9 1/2 inches deep, side panels not included. Side doors are 5 1/2 inches wide.
SOLD. Thank you!
EU-6: Mexican vintage devotional art, a beautiful wood-carved statue of the Immaculate Conception, c. 1930's or earlier. The statue is very possibly an indigenous Tarascan work from Michoacan, given the designs on the cloak.
The Madonna has real hair. The piece is 17 1/2 inches high not including the carved stand by 10 1/2 inches wide at the widest part, by 3 1/16 inches deep (front to back). Including the stand the piece is 22 inches high. Condition is good, given the age of the piece. There is evidence of old beetle activity which has been stabilized. Madonna is quite uniqe and lovely as a primitive carving. Price: $475.
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EU-7: Mexican vintage textiles and sarapes, a beautiful woven wool shoulder bag or "morral" with the Mexican eagle with a snake in its beak on one side, and a caballero on his horse on the other side, Santa Teresa, Nayarit, c. 1950's. The weave is tight and lovely. Condition is very good. Size: 10 1/2 inches high by 10 inches wide. The shoulder sash is 31 inches. Price: $195.
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EU-8: Mexican vintage folk art, a lovely wooden tray with a white background and beautiful artwork, by famous folk artist Benito Solis, whose family was from Mexico and immigrated to Tucson, AZ, c.1940's. The artwork features elegantly dressed women next to villagers in their native costumes and carrying babies wrapped in their rebozos. Condition is very good. Size: 10 inches wide by 7 1/16 high.
SOLD. Thank you!
EU-9: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful sterling silver necklace with half-spheres and elongated silver bars, Taxco, c. 1940's. The silverwork is excellent, and the necklace is very graceful and elegant.
Condition is very good. Size: 16 inches long by 3/4 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $275.
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EU-10: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely pottery charger with simple and beautiful artwork, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan, c. 1950's. The artwork features aTarascan family catching fish from their boat on Lake Patzcuaro. The piece is done in the traditional style and colors of Tzintzuntzan.
Condition is very good. Size: 14 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $250.
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