NEW ITEMS OF ART AT POCAS COSAS
These are new items for the month of August, 2020. 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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CZ-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely fantasia oval platter with a wonderful color-combination and fanciful artwork, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1940's. The artwork is very fanciful and imaginative, hence the name "fantasia" for this style of work. Condition is very good. Size: 15 inches wide by 10 3/4 inches high. Price: $375.
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CZ-2: Native American Indian pottery and ceramics, a beautiful melon pot, signed by the famous potter Juanita Fragua (b. 1935) from Jemez Pueblo, c. 1980. Juanita is known for her lovely melon pots; this one is very special with the beautiful corn-plant decoration.
The pot has beautiful form and wonderful artwork decoration. Condition is very good. Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 7 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $875.
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CZ-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful, old lidded pottery bowl with wonderful glazing and colors, Patanbam, Michoacan, c. 1950's. The lidded bowl is decorated with a simple floral design. Condition is very good. Size: 4 1/4 inches high by 5 1/16 inches wide, at the widest part and not including the handles. Price: $55.
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CZ-4: Native American Indian sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo/Pueblo silver jewelry, a beautiful sterling silver necklace with wonderful stamping and fine silverwork, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1970's. The center medallion or naja is exceptionally beautiful. The necklace is very elegant and graceful. Condition is very good. Size: 16 1/4 inches long. The center medallion or naja is 2 1/16 inches high by 2 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $575.
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CZ-5: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage silver jewelry, a beautiful pair of longer dangling earrings with fine repousse silverwork, Taxco, c. 1940's. The design is very elegant.
Condition is very good. Size: 1 1/2 inches long by 1 1/2 inches wide. Price: $185.
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CZ-6: Native American Indian sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo sterling silver jewelry, a lovely pair of dangling earrings decorated with beautiful turquoise, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1950's. The quality of the turquoise is exceptional; the overall effect is spectacular! Condition is very good. Size: 1 3/4 inches long by 3/4 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $285.
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CZ-7: Mexican vintage textiles, and Mexican vintage Saltillo serapes (sarapes), a lovely and very finely woven Saltillo serape with a beautiful cream-colored background and beautiful color-combination, c. 1940. The serape is a fine example of fine Mexican weaving!
Condition is very good, with the fringe intact at each end. Size: 39 1/4 inches long by 19 inches wide. Price: $185.
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CZ-8: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful burnished charger with lovely floral decorations, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. The charger has a lovely green background and wonderful artwork. Condition is very good. Size: 13 inches diameter. Price: $250.
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CZ-9: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful exvoto painted on tin, c. 1930's. The exvoto is a prayer of thanks to the Virgin Mary for having saved a farmer's cattle during a time of a great drought. It is a beautiful scene! Condition is very good, considering the age of the piece. Size: 10 inches wide by 7 inches high. Price: $225.
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These were new items for the month of July, 2020. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery.
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CY-1: Mexican vintage textiles, and Mexican vintage Saltillo serapes (sarapes), a lovely textile with a beautiful color-combination and woven of fine wool, Tlaxcala, c. 1940's. The central medallion is exceptional. This would make a wonderful wall-hanging, or a cover for a bed or table. Condition is very good. Size: 86 inches long by 41 inches wide. Price: $450.
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CY-2: Mexican vintage textiles, and Mexican vintage Saltillo serapes (sarapes), a beautiful and very finely woven textile with beautiful decorations, Texcoco, c. 1930's. The textile has a lovely cream-colored background and wonderful indigo Aztec designs and highlights. Condition is very good. Size: 78 inches long, not including the fringe, by 35 3/4 inches wide. Price: $275.
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CY-3: Mexican vintage copper and silver jewelry, an elegant and beautiful tea/coffee set of copper with sterling silver decorative scenes on each piece, signed Victoria, Taxco, c. 1940's. The set has eight pieces, including a very large platter. It is very elegant and stunning! Condition is very good. Size: the large platter is 15 1/4 inches diameter; the coffee/tea pot is 8 1/2 inches high by 5 inches widest diameter, not including handles; the sugar pitcher is 4 1/2 inches high by 3 1/4 widest diameter; the milk pitcher is 4 1/2 inches high by 3 inches widest diameter; the two candle holders are each 2 3/4 inches high by 3 3/4 widest diameter at the stands; and the cream pitcher ia 2 1/4 inches high by 1 1/2 inches widest diameter. Price: $750 for the set.
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CY-4: Native American Indian sterling silver jewelry, and Zuni sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful pair of sterling silver earrings with beautiful inlaid pieces of lovely turquoise, attributed to Dishta, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, c. 1960's. The dangling silver and turquoise earrings are stunningly elegant and beautiful. Condition is very good. The earrings attach via a post for pierced ears. Size: each is 2 inches long by 3/4 inches at the widest part. Price: $225.
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CY-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very lovely set of three bandera-ware plates decorated with graceful birds, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1940's. This style and coloration of pottery is called "bandera" because they are the colors of the Mexican flag (bandera), white, red, and green. This set of plates is very unique in that the plates also have streaks of blue, and they were probably specially made for an American or French tourist to represent the colors of their respective flags (red, white, and blue). Condition of the three plates is very good. Size: each measures 8 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $150 for the set.
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CY-6: Native American Indian sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo silver and turquoise jewelry, a beautiful Navajo bracelet with an elegant design and wonderful turquoise stones, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1950's. The turquoise stones are wonderfully set off by a border of crimpled silver. The effect is incredible. The quality and beauty of the turquoise stones also make this piece very special. It is signed with the artist's signature, "V". Condition is very good. Size: 2 5/8 inches wide by 5/8 inches high. The opening for the wrist is 1 1/4 inches. Price: $475.
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CY-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery pitcher with fabulous artwork featuring graceful quetzales, birds, blue deer and ducks, surrounded by wonderful floral designs, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. This is a very unique piece of pottery and a discerning collector's dream. The artwork is simply spectacular. Condition is very good. Size: 8 inche high by 5 1/4 inches wide. Price: $925.
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CY-8: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage tinwork and ironwork art, a lovely wrought iron wall sconce with a hand-blown amber glass shade, c. 1950's. The ironwork is very well done, and the wall sconce is very beautiful and elegant.
Condition is very good. Size: 28 inches high by 8 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $195.
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CY-9: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage folk art, a lovely tinwork art and glass nicho with a wonderful carved wooden statue of Our Lady, the statue is c. 1930's. The statue is coated with gesso and is hand-painted. The nicho is very well-made. Condition of nicho and statue is very good. Size: the statue of Our Lady is 7 inches high by 3 1/2 inches wide by 1 3/4 inches deep (front to back). The nicho is 16 inches high by 9 3/4 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $325.
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CY-10: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a lovely and whimsical woodcarving of a heron or duck, attributed to the great Manuel Jimenez of Arrazola, Oaxaca, c. 1950's. This is Manuel Jimenez at his best; this is great folk art by a master! Condition is very good. Size: 7 1/2 inches high by 8 inches long by 2 inches wide. Price: $135.
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