NEW ITEMS OF ART AT POCAS COSAS
These are new items for the month of January, 2025. 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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EZ-1: Mexican vintage folk art, a lovely folk art crescent moon wall-plaque with wonderful decorations, by the master artist Alfonso Castillo, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, c. 1980's. Day of the Dead skulls and suns stand around the masked face of the moon.
Condition is very good. Size: 5 3/4 inches high, not including the skulls and suns surrounding the moon, by 2 1/2 inches wide at the widest part. Price: $199.
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EZ-2: Native American Indian vintage sterling silver jewelry, a wonderful Fred Harvey sterling silver pendant in the form of an eagle, silver and turquoise on a silver chain with six silver spheres, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1940's. The necklace is beautiful and very striking, and the silverwork is exceptional. Condition is very good. Size: 19 1/2 inches long. Price: $275.
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EZ-3: Mexican vintage folk art and pottery, a beautiful tree-of-life featuring a lovely flamingo and wonderful floral decorations and birds, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, c. 1950's. Colors are bright and vibrant! This is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art. Condition is very good. Size: 12 3/4 inches high by 6 inches wide at the widest part. The circular base is 4 1/16 inches diameter. Price:
$225.
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EZ-4: Mexican vintage textiles, and huipiles and sarapes, a wonderful child's huipil with beautiful embroidered decorations, c. 1950's. The huipil would make a beautiful wall-hanging. Colors of the decorations are bright and vibrant against the grey goatswool background. Condition is very good. Size: 17 inches long, not including the fringe, by 15 1/4 inches wide. Price: $125.
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EZ-5: Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful Huichol yarn painting featuring wonderful scorpions, 1950's. The yarn painting is very tight and beautiful, and colors are vibrant. According to the history written on the back of the painting, the Huichol had promised the scorpion god to bring offerings. The scorpion god in fury stings those who reneg on the promise. Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/2 inches square. Price: $125.
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EZ-6: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful sterling silver choker necklace with intertwined silver, Taxco, c. 1940's. The silverwork is exceptional, and the choker is graceful and elegant. Condition is very good. Size: 17 inches long. Price: $325.
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EZ-7: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage sterling silver jewelry, a lovely pair of sunburst sterling silver earrings with smaller bump-out spheres surrounging the central bump-outs, Taxco, 1940's. The earrings are exceptionally graceful and elegant.
Condition is very good. Size: 1 1/2 inches diameter, post earrings. Price: $125.
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EZ-8: Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful Uriarte talavera tile with a scene of a paisano riding his trusty burro, Puebla, c. 1940's. The scene is wonderful and very endearing. Condition is very good. Size: 5 1/2 inches square. Price: $185.
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These were new items for the month of December, 2024. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery.
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EY-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely burnished pottery tile with beautiful artwork, by the famous artist Amado Galvan, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's, signed and with floral and zoomorphic designs. Galvan was famous for his burnished chargers, vases, tiles, and a variety of animals (fish, birds, doves, rabbits, owls, and donkeys). Condition is very good. Size: 9 3/4 inches square. Price: $225.
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EY-2: Vintage South American folk art, a carved and decorated slit wooden drum with drumsticks, the Rainforest of Souh America, c. 1950's. Painted decorations include double-headed eagles, along with roosters, doves, with floral designs including lovely milkweed. Condition is very good. Size: 25 inches long by 11 inches high by 7 1/2 inches wide. Beautifully carved and painted. Price: $299.
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EY-3: Mexican vintage sarape from Puebla, c. 1930's. Woven with natural wool colors, with dominant camel colored bands. Very beautiful and striking with accents of red crosses along both edges. Condition is very good. Size: 45 inches wide by 77 inches long. Price: $575.
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EY-4: Native American vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful Zuni necklace, silver and turquoise petit-point, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, c. 1940's. This piece is most likely the work of Dishta. Condition is very good. Size: the medallion is 3 1/16 inches high, including the silver dangles, by 1 1/2 inches wide at the widest part. The silver handmade chain is 23 3/4 inches long. The Zuni necklace is absolutely lovely and fabulous. Price: $399.
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EY-5: Mexican or Guatemalan carved wooden and gessoed devotional art, a carved wooden statue of St. Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order and promoter of the Rosary, Mexico or Guatemala, c. 19th century. The face resembles fine porcelain and the features are lovely and serene. Condition is very good. Size: 21 1/2 inches high, including the halo and base, by 6 inches wide, at the widest part. The connected base is 6 1/4 inches wide by 5 inches deep.
Price: $875.
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EY-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramiics, a beautiful pottery vase or jar, petatillo, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The vase/jar is decorated between the glazed bands with village scenes among cacti.
Condition is good. The final glaze has a very fresh water-color appearance. Size: 12 inches high by 6 1/4 inches wide at the widest part. This is a unique petatillo piece. Price: $325.
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EY-7: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful woodcarving of a fierce jaguar by the master, Miguel Jimenez, Oaxaca, c. 1950's. The jaguar is beautifully carved and decorated.
Jimenez began carving as a boy while tending the family's flock. He began with small animals and became well-known for his "animalitos". Later, he began carving other human figures, capturing the life and spirit of the Mexican peasants around him. A fine example is a figure of a shepard carring a young lamb over his shoulders. This carving of a jaguar is in very good condition. Size: 8 inches long by 3 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches high. Price: $399.
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EY-8: Mexican vintage folk art, a woodcarving of a Mexican peasant carrying a basket on his back, by the master folk artist Manuel Jimenez, Oaxaca, c. 1950's. The figure is beautifully carved and decorated. The figure's arms are articulated. He wears a fine sombrero, and his features include long hair and a wonderful beard. Jimenez was a master at capturing the life and spirit of the Mexican peasants around him. Condition of the figure is very good. Size: 11 inches high by 2 3/4 inches wide by 4 3/4 inches deep, front to back. Price: $425.
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