NEW ITEMS OF ART AT POCAS COSAS
These are new items for the month of January, 2022. 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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DQ-1: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful tree-of-life, very beautifully decorated, attributed to the great Aurelio Flores, Puebla, c. 1950's. The tree features a wonderful bunny near the base, and it is painted with red, orange, and magenta. The painted decorations are stunning. Condition is very good. Size: 10 inches high by 11 1/4 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $299.
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DQ-2: Native American Indian vintage silver jewelry, and Navajo vintage silver jewelry, a beautiful three-strand necklace of wonderful coral with silver beads, Navajo, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1960's. The necklace is very graceful and elegant, and the coral is of a high quality and color. Condition is very good. Size: two strands measure c. 22 inches, and the third is 23 3/4 inches long. Price: $425.
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DQ-3: Mexican vintage devotional art, a beautiful image of Our Lady of the Soledad (Patroness of Oaxaca), wonderfully carved of wood and beautifully painted, signed D. Cortes, c. 1930-40's. The statue is beautifully carved, with wonderful detail. The image of Our Lady is very lovely and serene.
Condition is very good. Size: 12 1/4 inches high by 7 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $450.
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DQ-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery lidded casserole in the form of a nesting turkey, beautifully glazed and with wonderful colors, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. Colors are bright and crisp, and condition is very good. This is great Mexican vintage folk art! Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $225.
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DQ-5: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage silver jewelry, a beautiful pair of sterling silver earrings with turquoise spheres, signed MATL, Taxco, c. 1950's. The silverwork is exceptional, and the earrings are very graceful and elegant! Condition is very good. Size: 1 1/16 inches long by 3/4 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $250.
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DQ-6: Native American Indian vintage textiles and rugs, and Navajo vintage textiles and rugs, a lovely Navajo double saddle-blanket, with wonderful colors and a very fine weave, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1950's. This is a wonderful example of Navajo weaving! It would make a great decorative wall-hanging. Condition is very good. Size: 60 1/2 inches long by 28 3/4 inches wide. Price: $250.
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DQ-7: Native American Indian woodcarving and folk art, a beautiful Northwest Coast carved wooden rattle depicting the Bella Coola moon, signed La Valle, c. 1970's. The rattle is beautifully carved by a true master of Northwest Coast art. Condition is very good. Size: 12 1/2 inches tall, not including the stand, by 5 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $475.
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These were new items for the month of December, 2021. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery.
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DP-1: Native American Indian textiles, and Navajo vintage textiles and rugs, a lovely Two Grey Hills textile with beautiful colors and very fine hand-carted wool in natural colors, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1950's. The weave is very tight, and the piece is tapestry quality.
Condition is very good. Size: 47 inches long by 34 inches wide. Price: $900.
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DP-2: Mexican vintage devotional art, a retablo painted on tin depicting the bleeding Hand of God, c. 1880's (19th century). Christ's blood is issuing from the hand and is collected in a chalice. Lambs are drinking from the chalice. The figures of Mary, her mother St. Anne, St. Joseph holding a flower, and St. Joachim, the father of Mary, are all seated in clouds under the Hand. Condition is good, given the age of the retablo. Size: 15 3/4 inches high by 11 1/2 inches wide. Price: $750.
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DP-3: Mexican vintage devotional art. a woodcarving depicting Our Lady of Mt. Carmel holding the infant Christ, by the famous Cortes Family of carvers, Mexico City c. 1940's. The carving is very lovely and serene. Condition is fair; the figure of Our Lady is missing some fingers, and the infant Christ is missing two hands. In spite of this, the piece is extremely beautiful! The Lady's tunic has the image of a scapular traced in gold. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 3 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part, by 2 1/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $250.
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DP-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful petatillo (a background of fine cross-hatching resembling a straw mat, or petate) charger with very fine artwork and wonderful colors, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. The piece has a wonderful border surrounding very beautiful artwork. Condition is very good. Size:
16 1/16 inches diameter. Price: $575.
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DP-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely blackware pottery charger with excellent artwork, featuring a hunter aiming his gun at an exotic bird, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. A beautiful scalloped rim frames the scene.
Condition is very good. Size: 14 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $1200.
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DP-6: Mexican vintage devotional art, a beautiful Crucifix with a sterling silver crown on Christ's head, 19th century Mexico. The body is beautifully carved, and the figure of the crucified Christ is peaceful and serene. Condition is good for the age of the piece; some fingers are missing from Christ's hands, but otherwise the Crucifix is in wonderful condition. Size: 23 inches high by 13 3/4 inches wide at the arms of the cross. Price: $425.
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DP-7: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful pair of repousee sterling silver earrings, Taxco, c. 1940's. The repousee silverwork is exceptional. The earrings are extremely graceful and elegant. Condition is very good. Size: 2 inches long by 1 1/2 inches wide. Price: $185.
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DP-8: Native American Indian sterling silver jewelry, and Zuni sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful pair of chandelier-style sterling silver dangling earrings, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, c. 1940's. The earrings are extremely elegant, and the silverwork is exceptional. Condition is very good. Size: 3 1/16 inches long by 3/4 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $250.
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DP-9: Mexican vintage paintings and fine art, a pair of paintings by Otto Rothenburg, a student of Diego Rivera, Taxco, c. 1935. The paintings depict a man and a woman at the mercado on market day. They are extremely well-painted and are very beautiful! The influence of Rivera is very evident. Condition is very good. Size: each painting is 17 1/2 inches high by 14 1/2 inches wide, including the frames. Price: $1100 for the pair.
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DP-10: Native American Indian folk art and woodcarving, a wonderful sculpture done in cottonwood and decorated with transparent, watercolor-like colors, by the famous Navajo folk artist, Johnson Antonio, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1980's. This is great Navajo folk art and is typical of the work of Johnson Antonio. The carving depicts a lovely Navajo woman and her baby. It is very endearing. Condition is very good. Size: 12 3/4 inches high by 4 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $425.
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DP-11: Native American Indian vintage pottery, a beautiful pottery bird-shaped bowl by the master potter, Fannie Nampeyo, signed on the bottom, Arizona, c. 1950's. The pottery is beautifully shaped and decorated and is very typical of Nampeyo's work. Condition is very good.
Size: 4 1/4 inches wide, at the widest part, by 2 inches high by 3 3/4 inches deep, front to back. Price: $275.
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DP-12: Native American vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo sterling silver jewelry, a very beautiful silver bracelet with three wonderful turquoise stones, very possibly Blue Gem, and intricate stamping and silverwork, Navajo, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1930's. The bracelet is exceptionally graceful and elegant. Condition is very good. Size: 2 1/4 inches wide, with an opening for the wrist of 1 inch. It is 3/4 inches high at the central design. Price: $299.
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