Mexican Devotional and Colonial Art
DG-4: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a wonderful wood-carved bulto (statue) depicting St. Elizabeth of Hungary, c. 1930. The saint is known for her choice not to marry, and for her dedication to the care of the sick and dying. With her own funds she built a hospital, where she died at the young age of 26. She is the patron saint of nurses. Condition is good, given the age of the piece: the paint and gesso show wear, and one side of the bulto is charred, as seen in the photographs, perhaps from being too close to a candle.
Nevertheless, she is beautiful and serene, and has a wonderful aura and patina. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 3 inches wide by 2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $195.
DD-6: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage folk art and tinwork art, a beautiful retablo depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe, painted on tin, c. 1930. The artwork is very fine, and Our Lady's face and that of the angel at her feet are serene and very lovely. Condition is very good, given the age of the retablo; there are areas of wear, as can be seen in the photos. Size: 12 1/2 inches high by 9 1/4 inches wide. Price: $535.
DC-12: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage tinwork art, a lovely retablo depicting the Alma de Maria (Spirit of Mary, the Mother of God), painted on tin, c. 1930. The painting is excellent, and Mary appears very lovely and serene. She is crowned with beautiful flowers, and the Dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, floats across her chest. The retablo rests in a hand-carved Mexican wooden frame. Condition is very good.
Size: 13 1/2 inches high by 10 3/4 inches wide, including the frame. The retablo itself is 10 1/16 inches high by 7 1/4 inches wide. Price: $625.
DB-8: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage tinwork art, a lovely tinwork art retablo depicting the beautiful and serene image of "The Spirit of Mary" with the Holy Spirit as a dove above her chest, c. 1930 or earlier. The image of Mary is endearing and very wonderful. Condition is good, given the age of the piece; it does show normal wear. Size: 6 3/4 inches high by 4 3/4 inches wide. Price: $275.
DA-5: Mexican antique and colonial devotional art, and Mexican woodcarving and masks, a beautiful carved figure of Christ on the cross, wood, gesso, polychrome, c. 19th century, probably from the Guadalajara area.
The carving has lovely patina, and the figure of Christ is very solemn and beautiful, and is decorated with real horse-hair. Condition is very good, given the age of the piece. Size: 37 inches high, when standing in the box-stand, by 21 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches deep (front to back of the figure of Christ. The wooden box stand is 8 1/16 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $1400.
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.
SOLD. Thank you!
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).
SOLD. Thank you!
CU-6: Mexican and New Mexican vintage devotional art, a New Mexican tin retablo painted with the images of St. Joseph and the Child Jesus, New Mexico, c. 1930's. The figures of St. Joseph and the Child are beautifully painted and very loving and serene. It was painted by a New Mexican WPA artist early in the Great Depression. Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/16 inches high by 7 1/4 inches wide. Price: $725.
CU-10: Peruvian vintage folk art, a wonderful Peruvian retablo (devotional scene) depicting a Holy Week procession, by the famous artist, Nicario Jimenez, c. 1980. The figures, made from a special corn masa and beautifully hand-painted, are incredibly colorful and wonderful. The retablo was purchased directly from the artist at an event at the San Diego Museum of Man. It is a great piece of Peruvian folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 12 1/4 inches wide by 10 inches high by 3 1/16 inches deep (front to back). Price: $395.
CT-2: Mexican devotional art, and Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful exvoto thanking Our Lady for saving a man's precious burros from drowning in a raging river, c. 1900. The scene is beautifully painted and includes a textual discription of the great miracle. Condition is very good, given the age of the exvoto. Size: 7 inches wide by 5 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
CR-2: Mexican vintage devotional art, and vintage Mexican tinwork art, a beautifully painted exvoto, painted on tin, depicting Animas (souls in Purgatory) and a woman praying to the Crucified Christ on their behalf, that they be granted entrance to Heaven, Mexico, c. 1900. The painting is very crisp and lovely. An exvoto is a petition painted on tin, or a form of thanks for a petition or prayer which has been answered. The Animas of this exvoto are a king, two women, and a bishop. Condition is very good; there is natural wear, given the age of the piece. Size: 7 inches high by 10 inches wide. Price: $325.
CQ-8: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage tinwork art, a beautiful retablo depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe, painted on tin and framed, c. 1930. The faces of Our Lady and the angel at her feet are very serene and beautifully painted. Condition is very good, given the age of the retablo. Size: the retablo within the frame is
17 1/4 inches high by 13 1/2 inches wide. Price: $525.
CP-3: Guatemalan vintage devotional art, and Guatemalan vintage woodcarving and masks, an incredible carved crucifix with two angels below the feet of Christ, Guatemala, c. 1920 or earlier. The crucifix shows a wonderful patina, and the figure of Christ is very serene. Condition is good; the crucifix shows age and patina. Size: 16 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide at the arms of the cross, by 4 1/16 inches deep (front to back).
Price: $595.
CP-12: Andean vintage devotional art, and Andean vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful relicario with the small retablo beautifully painted on tin, with a lovely sterling silver rope chain, c. 1920's. The relicario depicts images of the Virgin Mary and Child Jesus, painted on both sides. The first image is that of the Virgen de Copacabana, Bolivia. This is truly a treasure of Andean devotional art! Condition is very good, given the age of relicario itself. Size: the relicario is 4 3/4 inches high by 2 3/4 inches wide. The silver rope chain is 26 inches long. Price: $2800.
CN-2: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a beautiful wooden Animas Cross, decorated with the image of the Crucified Christ and adorned with an array of religious images, Queretaro, c. late 19th century. The painted images of Our Lady and saints and angels are spectacular. This is of museum quality, and it is a discerning collector's dream! Condition is very good. Size: 39 1/4 inches high by 19 1/2 inches wide, at the arms of the cross, by 1 1/4 inches deep (front to back).
SOLD. Thank you!
CN-5: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage folkart, a beautiful wrought-iron cross, Chiapas, c. 1950. The cross has beautiful stamping and cross-hatching, and also features two wonderful bears, one at either side. These crosses are mounted on houses throughout Chiapas in order to bring blessings on the house and the family inside. Condition is very good. Size: 16 1/16 inches high by 11 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part.
SOLD. Thank you!
CN-7: Mexican vintage devotional art, a wonderful statue of the Nino Perdido, a highly venerated image of the Christ Child, in a wonderful nicho which serves as the carrying case for the figure of the Nino, Mexico, c. 19th century. The nicho with the Nino Perdido was most likely used in religious processions in Mexico. It is stunning in its beauty! Condition is very good, considering the age of the piece; there is some loss of paint on the nicho, and also some evidence of wood-beatles from the past and no longer active. Size: 10 1/2 inches high by 4 3/4 inches wide by 3 3/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $375.
CL-3: Mexican vintage folk art, Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pottery figure representing Our Lady of Solitude (La Soledad) on one side, and Our Lady of Guadalupe on the other, Ocotlan, Oaxaca, c. 1980's. The piece is signed "Jesus Aguilar", the nephew of the famous folk artist, Josefina Aguilar. This piece shows great imagination and creativity on the part of the artist. Condition is very good. Size: 11 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part, by 3 inches deep (front to back). Price: $475.
CK-5: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage tinwork art, a wonderful exvoto painted on tin and in a beautiful wooden frame. c. 1930's. The scene of the exvoto expresses a man's gratitude upon being released from prison. The couple looks with gratitude at an image of the Blessed Virgin. Condition is good; the exvoto does show some age. Size: the exvoto within the frame is 6 3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. With the frame, the piece is 11 inches high by 13 1/2 inches wide. Price: $625.
CK-9: Peruvian vintage devotional art, and Peruvian woodcarvings and masks, a lovely woodcarving depicting the Crucified Christ, Peru, c. 1930's. The carving is excellent. At one time, the crucifix and base were completely gessoed and painted a lovely apple-green. The piece retains some of that color and the patina is beautiful. Condition is good, given the age of the piece. Size: 14 1/2 inches high. The base is 7 inches wide by 5 1/4 inches deep (front to back).
SOLD. Thank you!
CK-14: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely pottery bottle depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1940's. The Holy Water bottle is extremely well-formed and decorated. The figure is very graceful and stunningly beautiful! Condition is very good. Size: 13 1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches deep (front to back, including the handle). Price: $750.
CG-3: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage tinwork art, a lovely retablo painted on tin, depicting the Dolorosa (Sorrowful Mother), c. 1930. Our Lady of Sorrows is beautifully painted, and she is surrounded by symbols of Her Son's death by crucifixion: a cock crowing, the whip used to scourge Christ, nails. Condition is very good, given the age of the piece. The retablo is framed with a simple wooden frame. Size: 13 1/2 inches high by
9 1/2 inches wide, including the frame. Price: $950.
CE-1: Mexican antique Colonial art, and Mexican Colonial devotional art, an incredible hand-carved Nativity set with wonderful statues of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Mexico, c. 17th-18th century. The statues of Mary and Joseph have glass eyes, and the infant Jesus is beautiful and has a resplendor around his head. The set is a true treasure of Mexican colonial art! Condition is very good; there is some minor paint loss, normal given the age of the set. Size: St. Joseph is 9 inches high by 7 1/2 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches deep, front to back. Mary is 9 3/4 inches high by 6 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches deep, front to back. The infant Jesus is 4 3/4 inches long by 3 inches wide, at the widest part, by 1 1/2 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
CD-4: Mexican colonial devotional art, and Mexican tinwork art and retablos, a stunning retablo depicting Saint Anthony and the Child Jesus, painted on copper and in a handmade wooden frame, Mexico, c. 18th-early 19th century. The artwork is masterful, and the faces of St. Anthony and the Child are beautiful and serene! The woodwork of the handmade frame is wonderful; it could be original to the age of the retablo, or perhaps it was made to house the retablo sometime later. This is a treasure of Mexican colonial art, and certainly by a master. Condition is excellent. Size: 15 1/2 inches wide by 17 inches high, including the frame. The retablo itself is 6 3/4 inches wide by 9 inches high. Price: $1800.
BS-6: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage tinwork art, a beautiful retablo depicting the Archangel Rafael, in a stunning tinwork-art frame with reverse painting on the glass border, c. 1880-1900. The retablo, painted on tin, is beautifully done, and the colors remain very vibrant. The tinwork-art frame is extremely rare and fine. Condition is very good, given the age of the piece. Size: 12 inches high by 9 1/4 inches wide, including the tinwork art frame. Price: $950.
BM-1: Guatemalan vintage devotional art, and Guatemalan vintage woodcarvings and masks, a lovely woodcarved figure depicting a soul in purgatory, or anima, Guatemala, c. 1900. The figure is beautifully carved, with inset glass eyes. The bottom part shows the flames of purgatory, and the figure is praying to be received into heaven, once all sins are atoned for. Condition is very good; the figure shows some age, but is in excellent condition. Size: 8 1/2 inches high by 4 1/4 inches wide by 3 1/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $350.
BJ-5: New Mexican vintage devotional art, and New Mexican vintage folk art. a wonderful retablo depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe, done on hand-adzed wood with a surrounding stamped tinwork-art frame, New Mexico, c. 1990. The Virgin is beautilly painted and her face is very serene. The angel at the bottom of the retablo has a very peaceful and lovely face. The tinwork art is wonderful, and has holders for two candles. The retablo is signed on the back "Madrid", a very famous Santero husband and wife team from near Santa Fe. This piece is extremely beautiful! Condition is excellent. Size: 14 inches high by 9 inches wide by 3 inches deep (front to back), including the tinwork-art. Price: $550.
BH-5: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage devotional art, a beautiful and brightly decorated pottery nativity set, Metepec, c. 1940's. The pottery set is in the traditional style of Metepec, outside of Mexico City. This is great folk/devotional art! Condition is good, given the age of the set. Size: The adult figures measure c. 6 inches high by 3 inches wide. Price: $225.
BH-8: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage devotional art, a pottery nativity set with white and gold decoration, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1950's. The artwork is excellent, and the set features 14 wonderful pieces. Condition is excellent. The main pieces are c. 5 inches high, and the smaller animals are c. 1 1/2 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
AJ-9: Mexican vintage tinwork art, and Mexican vintage devotional art, a beautiful tin and glass nicho with a statue of St. Fabian playing his guitar and with two lovely angels, Oaxaca, c. 1940's. The tinwork art is beautifully done, and the figure of St. Fabian is wonderful! Condition is very good. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide by 3 inches deep (front to back). Price: $275.
AI-16: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage tinwork art, a framed retable painted on tin and depicting the Holy Trinity, Mexico, c. 1900-20, or earlier. The retablo is very simply framed, and the painting is especially beautiful. This is a great piece of antique Mexican devotional art! The scene depicts God the Father in the center, Christ (with a small lamb painted on his chest) on the Father's right, and the Holy Spirit (with a small dove painted on his chest) to the Father's left. Condition is very good given the age of this piece. Size: 5 1/16 inches high by 3 1/2 inches wide. Price: $250.
AF-1: Mexican vintage devotional art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, hand-blown glass holy-water bottles in the shape of Our Lady of Guadalupe, c. 1940's. Three of the bottles have a rare metallic hue, and the fourth is a beautiful cobalt blue.
These can be purchased as a set or can be sold individually. Condition is excellent. Size: each bottle is approximately 13-13 1/2 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
AF-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage devotional art, a beautiful pottery image of Our Lady (probably Nuestra Senora de Zapopan, which is just outside of Guadalajara), Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The work is beautifully crafted, and the glaze and artwork are wonderful! Condition is very good. Size: 12 inches high by 9 3/4 inches wide (at the widest part) by approximately 3 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $875.
MM-12: Mexican pottery and ceramics, and Mexican devotional art, a pottery statue of Our Lady of Good Health, from Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan, c. 1980. The piece is in the traditional style of Tzintzuntzan, with a cream-colored background glaze and black (dark-brown) designs. This image of Our Lady (Nuestra Senora de La Salud) is the patronness of Michoacan and the Purepecha people of the Lake Patzcuaro region. The original statue graces the high altar of the Basilica in the town of Patzcuaro. It was brought to this Basilica from Spain by the first Spanish bishop of Michoacan, Vasco de Quiroga, c. 1540. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 inches high by 8 1/4 inches wide (4 1/2 inches diameter across the circular base). Price: $195.
D-8: Mexican antique devotional art, retablo of soul in purgatory (anima) in antique tinwork nicho, c. mid-19th century. Size: retablo, 8" wide x 11" high; nicho, 16" high x 9 1/2" wide x 1 1/2" deep. Excellent tinwork on the nicho, and very fine artwork on the tin retablo. Price: $950.
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