NEW ITEMS OF ART AT POCAS COSAS
These are new items for the month of May, 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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FC-1: Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful pair of tiles by master artist Amado Galvan, Tonala, c. 1950 or earlier. The artwork is stunning. The tiles are signed by the artist on the back.
Condition is very good. Size: 4 3/4 inches square. Price: $275 for the pair.
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FC-2: New Mexican vintage textiles, a lovely Chimayo textile with a very tight weave and beautiful wool, Chimayo, New Mexico, c. 1940's. The center matrix features a wonderful eagle. Condition is very good. Size: 29 inches long, not including the fringe, by 14 1/2 inches wide. Price: $195.
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FC-3: Native American Indian vintage jewelry, and Zuni vintage jewelry, a beautiful 3-strand heshi and carved fetish necklace, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, c. 1980. The lapidary work is exceptional. It is signed by Chanee Hall, a famous Zuni jewelry maker. Condition is very good. Size: the shortest strand is 24 inches long. Price: $399.
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FC-4: Mexican vintage folk art and pottery, a lovely sculpture of a woman vendor of tamales, Michoacan, c. 1940's. The sculpture has a beautiful patina consistent with its age. This is a beautiful piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 11 3/4 inches high by 5 1/4 inches wide, at the widest part, by 3 1/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $195.
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FC-5: Mexican vintage folk art and woodcarving, a wonderful woodcarving of a Mexican paisano by the master carver Manuel Jimenez of Oaxaca, c. 1950's. The piece is beautifully carved and has articulated arms. Condition is very good. Size: 11 inches high including the sombrero by 3 1/2 inches wide by 3 inches deep (front to back). Price: $399.
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FC-6: Mexican vintage devotional art, a beautiful statue of Our Lady of the Soledad, the patroness of Oaxaca, in a wonderful tin and glass nicho, c. 1950's. This is a beautiful piece of vintage Mexican devotional art! Condition is very good. Size: the nicho is 10 inches high by 6 inches wide at the widest part by 3 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $195.
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FC-7: Native American Indian vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful silver and turquoise sandcast bracelet with exceptional silverwork, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1950's. The Navajo bracelet is very elegant and graceful in its simplicity. The turquoise stone is beautiful. Condition is very good. Size: 2 1/2 inches wide by 2 inches high at the highest part. The opening for the wrist is 1 1/2 inches. Price: $475.
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These were new items for the months of March and April, 2025. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery.
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FB-1: Mexican vintage folk art, a batea or "laquered gourd" with beautiful floral decorations around the outside and a wonderful red background on the inside, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, c. 1940. The artwork on the laquered gourd is exceptional. A batea like this one would often be filled with flowers or fruit and carried in processions at festivals. Condition is good; there are signs of wear which only enhance the beauty of the batea. Size: 12 1/16 inches diameter at the top by 3 inches high. Price: $275.
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FB-2: Mexican devotional art and Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful wood-carved crucifix by the famous artist Manuel Jimenez of Oaxaca, c. 1960. The crucifix is beautifully carved and is signed by the artist on the bottom. The figure of Christ is very graceful and serene. Condition is very good. Size: 21 inches high including the stand by
14 1/2 inches wide at the widest part by 3 1/16 inches deep (front to back). Price: $575.
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FB-3: Mexican vintage devotional art, a retablo painted on tin of St Elizabeth of Hungary, c. 1900. The retablo is beautifully painted. St. Elizabeth was known for feeding and caring for the poor and homeless. Condition is very good. Size: 13 3/4 inches high by 10 inches wide. Price: $950.
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FB-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful Tlaquepaque blackware globe bowl with fantastic artwork, San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. The artwork on the globe bowl is incredible! This is a discrning collector's dream. Condition is very good. Size:
7 1/2 inches high by 9 1/16 inches diameter, at the widest part.
SOLD. Thank you!
FB-5: Mexican vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Taxco vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful pair of dangling sterling silver earrings, signed with the mark of William Spratling, Taxco, c. 1940's. The Spratling earrings are exceptionally graceful and elegant. They attach via screwback, in order to preserve the Spratling stamp. Condition is very good. Size: 1 1/2 inches long by 3/4 inches wide. Price: $275.
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FB-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful and very large blackware olla, Oaxaca, c. 1950's. The large olla is beautifully shaped, and the shine is stunning. Condition is very good. Size: 17 inches high by 14 1/2 inches diameter at the widest part. Price: $425.
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FB-7: Mexican vintage folk art and pottery, a burnished head bank, Tonala, c. 1940's. The bank is beautifully made and decorated. In the 1940's the local bank, Banco de Mexico, asked the Solis Family of famous potters if they could create a "piggy bank". The Solis Family designed and made the now famous "head banks" as gifts for the bank's new customers. This bank is unsigned, as other Tonala potters began to make the banks. Condition is very good. Size: 5 1/2 inches high by 5 3/4 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $165.
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