Mexican Art and Folk Art (Mexican Popular Arts, Artes Populares)
EJ-1: Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery statue of a shaman, possibly used for ceremonial purposes, Guerrero, c. 1940's. The statue is beautifully decorated and has a wonderful patina. Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/4 inches high by 3 1/16 inches wide, at the widest part.
SOLD. Thank you!
EJ-7: Mexican vintage folk art, a Huichol beaded gourd with very fine and intricate decorations in the beadwork, Jalisco or Nayarit, c. 1980's. The decorations include eagles, corn, human figures, candle prayer sticks, stars, and a peyote blossom. This is great Huichol art! Condition is very good. Size: 6 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $185.
EH-3: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful laquerware gourd with beautiful floral designs, Uruapan, Michoacan, c. 1930's. The laquer-work is excellent, and the floral designs are wonderful and very colorful. Condition is very good. Size: 9 1/4 inches diameter by 3 1/16 inches high. Price: $150.
EH-5: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely tree-of-life featuring Adam and Eve and the wily snake that is tempting them, Metepec. c. 1950's. The tree is beautifully constructed, and the decorations are wonderful and vibrant. Condition is very good. Size: 22 1/2 inches high by 21 1/2 inches wide. Price: $375.
EF-2: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery tree-of-life with the figures of Adam and Eve, and the tempting snake, Metepec, c. 1950. The tree-of-life is very striking with its entirely white color and wonderful decorations. This is a very unique piece of Mexican folk art and would grace any home! Condition is very good. Size: 19 1/2 inches high by 17 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $350.
EF-4: Mexican vintage folk art, a carved wooden animalito with wonderful shape and decorations, attributed to the great Manuel Jimenez of Arrazola, Oaxaca, c. 1950's. The carving resembles a wonderful squirrel. This is great Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 10 1/2 inches long by 5 1/2 inches high, including the tail, by 2 1/16 inches wide.
SOLD. Thank you!
EF-6: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery ferris wheel filled with happy people and very colorful decorations, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1980's. This is a wonderful piece of folk art from the folk art center, Ocumicho. Condition is very good. Size: 14 inches high by 11 1/2 inches long by 9 3/4 inches wide. Price: $475.
EE-6: Mexican vintage folk art, a pair of wood-carved dolls depicting an indigenous couple, Chiapas, c. 1980's. The wooden dolls are beautifully carved and are dressed in their original indigenous clothing. They are spectacular! Condition is very good. Size: 12 1/4 inches high by 5 inches wide by 3 3/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $195 for the pair.
ED-3: Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery figure of a Purepecha woman and child, Michoacan (very possibly from the city of Capula), c. 1970's. The piece is extremely well-done and is beautiful. Condition is very good. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 4 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $200.
EC-5: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful pottery statue of a woman brandishing her rifle and mounted on a spirited horse, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1950's. The piece is beautifully formed and decorated, with great attention to detail.
Condition is very good. Size: 16 inches long, at the longest part, by 14 1/2 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide. Price: $950.
EA-3: Mexican vintage folk art and pottery, a very lovely pottery tree-of-life featuring Adam and Eve, the Father and Son, the sun an moon, Mexico, c. 1960's. This is an incredible piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 17 1/2 inches high by 14 inches at the widest part. Price: $375.
EA-5: Mexican vintage folk art and woodcarving, a wonderful folk art woodcarving of a stately leopard, attributed to the great Manuel Jimenez of Oaxaca, c. 1950. Manuel Jimenez was the father of Mexican woodcarved animals and figures, animalitos. The leopard is beautifully carved; a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art from Oaxaca. Condition is very good. Size: 14 inches long by 4 inches high by 2 1/4 inches wide.
SOLD. Thank you!
EA-8: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely pottery tile decorated with a lovely bird and tropical foliage, San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1940's. The artwork is very fine and crisp, and the colors are wonderful. Condition is good; there is some very minor loss of glazing, which does not detract in any way from the beauty of the piece. Size: 7 3/4 inches square. Price: $250.
DY-1: Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery sculpture depicting the sun, attributed to the great Candelario Medrano, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1950. The sun has a very animated expression, as if it is hiding some kind of secret behind the big smile.
This is a very imaginative piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 16 inches high by 9 inches wide, at the widest part. The circular base is 4 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $385.
DX-3: Mexican vintage folk art, a fanciful and wonderful pottery sculpture of two dueling seals and a startled turtle, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1940's. This is an older piece from the pottery center of Ocumicho. Seashells decorate one side of the piece, with one seashell on the shell of he turtle. Condition is very good. Size: 17 inches long including the flippers by
7 inches wide by 6 1/2 inches high. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Price: $475.
DX-6: Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful pottery tree-of-life with birds and floral decorations, attributed to the Flores family, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1950's. The tree is beautifully decorated and is very colorful. It has a wonderful patina. Condition is very good. Size: 10 inches high by 8 1/2 wide, at the widest part. The circular base is
3 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $275.
DT-3: Mexican vintage folk art, a pair of carved wooden figures in traditional Huichol costumes, Nayarit, c. 1950's. The Huichol carved figures are colorful and wonderful. The figures show some age, and they are in very good condition. Size: 14 1/16 inches high by 4 inches wide and 1 1/4 inches deep (front to back).
SOLD. Thank you!
DS-2: Mexican vintage folk art, a pair of tree-of-life style candlelabras each with a human figure, birds, and wonderful floral art, attributed to the Flores family, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, c. 1950's. They are very colorful and bright! This is great Mexican folk art.
Condition of the set is very good. Size: 9 inches high by 3 3/4 inches wide, at the widest part, and the circular base of each is 3 inches diameter.
SOLD. Thank you!
DR-4: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful pottery sculpture from Ocumicho, Michoacan, depicting a playful devil with a snake wrapped around his head, a reptile crawling up his stomach, and a pesky rodent holding on to his knees, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1970. This is a great piece of folk art from Ocumicho.
Condition is very good. Size: 15 1/2 inches high by 7 inches wide, at the widest part, by 6 inches deep, front to back. Price: $225.
DR-8: Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful pottery vase in the shape of a wonderful cactus and with a paisano taking his siesta, San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. The glazing and the colors of the piece are bright and wonderful. Condition is very good. Size: 8 inches high by
6 3/4 inches wide by 5 inches deep, front to back.
SOLD. Thank you!
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.
DO-4: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful pottery red bus with eight delightful passengers, including the driver, happily traveling to the beach city of Acapulco, attributed to the great Candelario Medrano, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1950's. This is Mexican vintage folk art at its best! Condition is very good. Size: 13 inches long by 6 3/4 inches high, not including the figures on top of the bus, by 7 1/4 inches wide. Price: $375.
DO-10: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful taxi with a happy passenger, attributed to the great Candelario Medrano, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1950's. The Volkswagon taxi has a driver and one claustraphobic passenger who is riding on the roof.
Condition is very good. Size: 7 3/4 inches long by 7 inches high, including the passenger, by 4 1/16 inches wide. Price: $200.
DL-2: Mexican vintage folk art, a Huichol shaman's gourd beautifully decorated with tiny "chaquita" beads, c. 1950 or earlier. The center is decorated with a colorful peyote blossom amidst various Huichol ceremonial symbols. The outside rim is decorated with lovely paper flowers. Condition is very good. Size: 6 1/2 inches diameter by 2 1/2 inches high. Price: $499.
DL-3: Mexican vintage folk art, a Huichol shaman's gourd beautifully decorated with tiny "chaquita" beads, c. 1950 or earlier. The center is decorated with a colorful peyote blossom, moneda (old Mexican money), amidst various Huichol ceremonial symbols. The rim is decorated with scorpions. This is a beautiful and highly collectible piece! Condition is very good. Size: 7 1/16 inches diameter by 2 1/4 inches high. Price: $499.
DL-6: Mexican vintage folk art, a beautifully decorated "jicara" (gourd) used for drinking champurrada or horchata (two popular beverages made of milk, rice, and cinnamon), Puebla, c. 1950's. The gourd is beautifully decorated with a wonderful eagle amidst floral decorations. Colors are bright and beautiful. Condition is good; there are some very minor nicks and a stable hairline crack. These are natural given the age and use of the piece, and they do not detract in any way from the artwork of this gourd. Size: 9 inches diameter by 3 1/2 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
DL-7: Mexican vintage folk art, a beautifully decorated "jicara" (gourd) used for drinking champurrada or horchata (two popular beverages made of milk, rice, and cinnamon), Puebla, c. 1950. The inside of the gourd features a cat and dog surrounded by colorful bands, and the outside features a wiley squirrel and doves. Colors are bright and vivid. Condition is very good, especially given the age and use of the piece. Size: 7 1/4 inches diameter by 4 inches high. Price: $175.
DL-12: Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery figure of a mermaid joyfully playing her guitar, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1960's. Colors are bright and vibrant, and the form of the piece is wonderful. This is great folk art from the village of Ocumicho. Condition is very good. Size:
9 inches high by 6 inches wide, at the widest part.
SOLD. Thank you!
DJ-5: Mexican vintage folk art, a very beautiful lacquer-ware chest or baul with a wonderful blue background and beautiful artwork, Uruapan, Michoacan, c. 1940's. The blue lacquer is incredible, and the artwork is very crisp and wonderful. Condition is very good. Size: 6 3/4 inches high by 15 3/4 inches long by 8 inches wide. Price: $375.
DJ-6: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful pottery bull with six steers and six caballeros across its massive back, made by the famous folk artist, Rosendo Rodriguez, of Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1980. The piece is full of vitality and color; this is great Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 14 inches long by 12 3/4 inches high by 7 inches wide. Price: $475.
DI-1: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful tree-of-life featuring the figures of Adam and Eve, most likely from the village of Ocotlan, Oaxaca, c. 1940's. The tree is wonderful in its naive simplicity! This is great Mexican vintage folk art. Condition is very good. Size: 8 1/4 inches high by 7 inches wide. Price: $200.
DI-4: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful Ocumicho pottery scene of a lively rodeo, complete with a bull-rider, musicians, and fans, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1980's. The scene is full of vitality and life! There are two wonderful devils on either side of the band.
Condition is very good. Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $155.
DG-6: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful and whimsical pottery truck with happy people in the cab and wonderful animals in the back, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1940's.
This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk art, and is an older piece of pottery from Ocumicho. Condition is very good, given the age of the piece. Size: 12 inches long by 5 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches high. Price: $495.
DG-9: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely glazed statue of a Mexican gentleman relaxing and peering over the edge of his wonderful serape (sarape), Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1940. The glazing is incredibly colorful and wonderful. Condition is very good. Size: 6 1/4 inches high by 5 1/2 inches long by 3 1/2 inches wide.
SOLD. Thank you!
DE-6: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a beautifully beaded wood-carved Huichol mask, Jalisco, c. 1980. The very fine and colorful beadwork depicts various religious and mythological symbols of the Huichol Indians. Condition is very good. Size: 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Price: $215.
DC-13: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a very beautiful pair of trees-of-life depicting Adam and Eve and the tempting snake in the Garden of Eden, by the famous folk-artist, Alfonso Castillo, c. 1980's, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla. The colors are very bright and wonderful, and the artwork is incredible! Condition is very good. Size: each is 9 inches high by 5 3/4 inches wide, at the widest part, by 4 3/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $600 for the pair.
DC-15: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful burnished pottery tile decorated with a double-headed eagle, perhaps the coat of arms of the Hapsburg family of Europe, Tonala, c. 1930. The artwork is excellent, and the tile is very dramatic. The tile has been made to hang by a previous owner, or the tile can be beautifully displayed on a stand. Condition is good; there are areas of fading which are normal given the age of the piece. Size: 9 1/2 inches square. Price: $195.
DA-3: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery sculpture depicting Padre Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican revolution of 1810, Oaxaca, c. 1930's. This style of Oaxacan pottery is referred to as "losa goteada" or dripware, and this piece is attributed to the Jimenez family. It is a rare and very special piece! Condition is very good, given the age of the piece. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches deep, front to back. Price: $550.
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.
CU-3: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery sculpture of a young man who is getting "advice" from three mischievious devils, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1940-50's. The fine detail and the more muted colors of the paint are typical of an older piece from Ocumicho. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk art. Condition is very good. Size: 14 inches high by 10 1/2 inches long by 6 1/2 inches wide.
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-7: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely pottery sculpture of a colorful church, Metepec, c. 1950.The pottery church is beautifully made and is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 16 1/2 inches high by 9 1/2 inches wide by 6 1/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $275.
CU-9: Mexican vintage straw art, popote art or popotillo, a very fine straw-art picture of a Mexican woman preparing masa to put tortillas on the comal, attributed to the great artist G. Olay, c. 1930's. Straw art is created using thousands of pieces of dyed straw or grass, popote in Spanish. The scene is very rustic and beautiful, and has a wonderful hand-carved Mexican wooden frame. Condition is very good. Size: 10 1/2 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches high including the wooden frame.
SOLD. Thank you!
CS-2: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a candlelabra in the form of a lovely woman riding atop her steer, attributed to the great Heron Matinez during his burnished natural period, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1950's. The piece is beautifully formed and burnished. The work of Heron Martinez is highly prized and very collectible. Condition is very good. Size: 10 inches high by 4 1/2 inches diameter, not including the candleholders. Price: $275.
CS-5: Mexican vintage folk art, a batea made from a laquered gourd and beautifully decorated, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, c. 1950. These bateas are traditionally filled with fruit and carried atop women's heads in processions to the local church on important feast days. The laquer background is green with pale pink flowers. The effect is beautiful! Condition is very good. Size: 13 inches diameter at the mouth by 3 1/2 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
CR-4: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a wonderful wood-carved batea or large plate, with fantastice floral artwork, Quiroga, Michoacan, c. 1930's. The batea is hand-adzed and laquered. The artwork is crisp and wonderful. Condition is very good. Size: 14 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $275.
CR-9: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a fabulous wooden escritorio (portable writing desk) with very fine marquetry inlay work, Oaxaca, c. 19th century. The marquetry features lovely floral designs, human figures, and wonderful animals. The escritorio is in very fine condition given its age; the marquetry inlay is 97 % intact, with only 3 small pieces missing. The desk has a key and can be locked shut. Size: 13 3/4 inches high, when closed, by 21 inches wide, by 11 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $2400.
CQ-9: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a wonderful carved wooden merry-go--round with happy children riding in sparrows, laquerware, Olinala, c. 1950's. This is Mexican folk art at its best, and it brings a smile to the beholder's face.
Condition is very good. Size: 10 1/2 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide. Price: $250.
CO-3: New Mexican tinwork art, and New Mexican folk art, a lovely candle-holder with wonderful stamping and mirrors, New Mexico, c. 1960's. The candle-holder has a lovely shape (a cross) and is very elegant!
Condition is very good. Size: 12 1/2 inches high by 10 1/16 inches wide at the arms, by 3 inches deep (front to back) at the candle-holder. Price: $185.
CO-7: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very colorful and wonderful pottery piece depicting the Flight Into Egypt of the Holy Family, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1960's. Mary is riding a burro and is accompanied by St. Joseph. Angels lead the way. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 10 1/4 inches wide by 7 inches deep (front to back). Price: $350.
CK-8: Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, and Mexican vintage folk art, a large laquerware wooden tray with very fine and detailed artwork, Olinala, c. 1940. The exquisite artwork depicts flowers, birds, jaguars, deer, squirrels, and hummingbirds. This is a great piece of laquerware art from Olinala. Condition is very good. Size: 26 3/4 inches wide by 20 3/4 inches high. Price: $825.
CK-13: Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a wonderful wooden mask depicting and animated and charming bull, or Torito, Michoacan, c. 1940's. The mask is used in dances and festivals in Michoacan, Chiapas, and Veracruz. Condition is very good, given the age of the piece. Size: 7 3/4 inches high by 10 3/4 inches wide, not including the horns, by 2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $275.
CJ-4: Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, and Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful carved and painted wooden "Mask of the Negrito (Negro)", used in the dance in winter in San Lorenzo, Michoacan, c. 1950. The Tarascan dance is performed in honor of the Child Jesus. This mask has a "gold tooth" made of brass. Condition is very good. Size: 7 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide at the widest part. Price: $325.
CJ-5: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely and very colorful pottery ferris wheel, filled with delighted people, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1960's. The ferris wheel is brightly decorated with doves and flowers, and two persons and their doggies stand at the base of the wheel awaiting their turn for a ride. This is Mexican vintage folk art at its best! Condition is very good. Size: 15 inches high by 9 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches deep (front to back). Price: $750.
CI-13: Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a beautiful beaded Huichol mask with very intricate and crisp design elements, the Sierras of Nayarit, c. 1950's. The mask is decorated with symbols very sacred to the Huichols: a peyote bud, scorpion, deer, and a snake.
The beadwork is very fine, with thousands of small beads applied to a wax or pitch base, covering the wood-carved mask. Condition is very good. Size: 9 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part, by 3 1/16 inches deep (front to back). Price: $295.
CF-5: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage woodcarvings and masks, a wonderful woodcarving depicting a lovely rabbit, with bold colors, by the famous folk artist Manuel Jimenez of Arrazola, Oaxaca, c. 1950. Manuel would carve wooden figures while he tended the family's flock. He is the father of Oaxacan carved wooden "animalitos and alebrijes". Condition is very good. Size: 6 inches high by 7 1/2 inches long by 2 inches wide. Price: $275.
CD-3: Mexican vintage straw-art (popote art or popotillo), and Mexican vintage folk art, a lovely straw-art picture depicting a Mexican village in the shadow of the volcano, Popocateptl, Puebla, c. 1920. The work is almost certainly by the famous Gabriel Olay (G. Olay), given the fineness of the straw-art, the geometrical popote border, and the description of the scene on the bottom front. A stamp on the back of the framed picture indicates that the piece was purchased from the shop of the famous photographer Edward Weston, whose curio store in Mexico City was open between 1918 to c. 1923. The scene is composed of thousands of very fine pieces of dyed grass or straw (popote, in Spanish), an incredibly labor-intensive and beautiful art-form which predates the arrival of the Spanish in the America's. Condition is very good. Size: 10 1/2 inches wide by 8 3/4 inches high, including the frame. The popote art itself is 8 inches wide by 6 1/2 inches high. Price: $725.
CD-8: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful Talavera vase by the famous, late Gorky Gonzalez of Guanajuato, c. 1960. The vase has beautiful floral decorations and a Day-of-the Dead central figure. This is Gorky's artistry at its best! Condition is very good. Size: 13 inches high by 10 inches wide at the widest part. Price: $399.
BT-6: Peruvian pottery and ceramics, and Peruvian folk art, a wonderful pottery Nativity scene with lovely colors, Peru, c. 1970's. The Holy Family is beautiful, and the animals at their feet are very lovely and endearing! Condition is very good. Size: the Holy Family is 11 inches high by 6 inches wide at the widest part. The larger animals are 4 inches high by 5 1/4 inches long. Price: $225.
BT-11: Mexican pottery and ceramics, and Mexican folk art, a wonderful 9-piece Nativity Set, by the famous folk artist of Ocotlan, Oaxaca, Josephina Aguilar, Oaxaca, c. 1980's. This is a beautiful Nativity Set, and each piece displays great personality. Condition of all pieces of the set is very good. Size: most pieces measure c. 7 inches high by 2 1/2 inches wide, the exceptions being the baby Jesus and the wonderful cow. Price: $325 for the set.
BS-10: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful drinking bowl formed from a gourd and beautifully decorated, Olinala, Guerrero, c. 1940's. These vessels were usually used for drinking atole, or other juices made from corn or rice. The decorations, including a wonderful eagle on the outside bottom of the bowl make this very special! Condition is good, given the age and use of the piece; there are some very minor signs of wear and a small, almost invisible, hairline crack. Size: 9 1/2 inches diameter at the mouth by 3 1/2 inches high. Price: $195.
BH-4: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery figure of a powerful bull with one happy rider, Guerrero, c. 1940's. The pottery bank is decorated with beautiful geometric designs, and it appears that a very skilled bull-rider is on the way to the rodeo. Condition is very good. Size: 11 inches high by 9 3/4 inches long by4 3/4 inches wide. Price: $325.
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.
BB-1: Vintage Mexican folk art, a lovely "China Poblana" folk art doll with a beautiful face and wonderful sequins on her dress, depicting the Mexican eagle, c. 1940's. The doll is in excellent condition, and the colors of the blouse and dress are bright and unfaded. The legend has it that a Chinese woman arrived in the city of Puebla. She adopted the Poblana, or popular, style of Mexican dress, and would walk the streets of the city feeding the hungry and poor. Condition of the doll is excellent. Size: 18 inches high by 5 1/4 inches wide. Price: $195.
AY-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful pottery charger attributed to the famous, late Amado Galvan, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The charger is burnished and beautifully decorated, in the wonderful style of Galvan. It was purchased from Galvan at his home in Tonala, Jalisco, just outside of Guadalajara, in the 1940's. Condition is excellent. Size: the charger is 12 1/2 inches in diameter. Price for the charger: $200.
AY-4: Mexican vintage straw-art (popote art or popotillo), and Mexican vintage folk art, a beautiful straw-art scene of the floating gardens of Xochimilco, with canals filled with flowers, and featuring a campesino paddling his canoe, signed Ariza, c. 1940's. Popote art is created using thousands of minute pieces of dyed straw or grass (popote, in Spanish). It is an incredible and very wonderful art-form, pre-dating the arrival of the Spanish in Mexico in 1519. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art! Condition is very good. Size: the popote art scene, including the mat and frame, is 17 1/4 inches high by 14 1/2 inches wide. The actual popote art scene, not including the mat and frame, is 8 1/2 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide. Price: $675.
AU-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and vintage Mexican folk art, a wonderful burnished pottery bank in the form of a wonderful bull, with very detailed artwork on both sides, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. The floral artwork decorations on both sides are wonderfully done, and the bull appears very intent and powerful. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/2 inches long by 9 1/2 inches high by 3 1/2 inches wide (side to side).
SOLD. Thank you!
AN-6: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a whimsical pottery bank, in the shape of wonderful doggie, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1950's. The bank is in the style of Tonala burnished pottery, and it is endearing and beautiful. The artwork which decorates the doggie bank is crisp and intricate. Condition is very good. Size: 9 3/4 inches high by 10 inches long by 3 3/4 inches wide (side to side). Price: $350.
AN-7: Mexican vintage straw-art (popote art or popotillo), a wonderful popote art scene of a boy riding his trusty burro, laden with goods, to the local market, c. 1940's. This piece of Mexican popote art is comprised of thousands of minute pieces of dyed straw; this is very labor intensive and wonderful! It is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art. Condition is excellent. Size: 11 inches high by 8 1/4 inches wide, including the very nice wooden frame.
SOLD. Thank you!
AM-4: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a drip-ware pottery piece depicting a lovely Tehuana maiden and a dashing caballero at a water well, Oaxaca, c. 1940-50's. The piece has relief work resembling designs found at the archeological site of Mitla. The glaze is wonderfully executed and very colorful. Condition is very good. Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 8 inches wide by 4 3/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $485.
AL-6: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pottery figure of a person, with wonderful hand-painted decorations in the style of the state of Guerrero, Tulimon, Guerrero, c. 1970. This is a very collectible piece of Guerrero folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 9 inches high by 6 3/4 inches wide. Price: $375.
YY-10: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a five-story apartment building filled with happy people, doves, and lovely beds of flowers. This is the heart and soul of Mexican folk art! It is signed on the back, JJRM (the grandson of the great Candelario Medrano), Santa Cruz de las Huertas, c. 1970. Condition is excellent. Size: 20 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide by 4 3/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $625.
WW-1: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very beautiful tree-of-life by the famous folk-artist, Aurilio Flores, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1940-50's.
The tree features a very wonderful and stately Archangel Gabriel near the base, with beautiful flowers, birds, and decorations. Condition is very good; some of the brightly painted decorations have faded a bit with time, giving this tree a wonderful and more soft patina. Size: 24 inches high by 16 inches wide (at widest part) by 7 inches diameter across the circular base. Price: $1200.
UU-3: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful and whimsical wedding scene filled with beautifully crafted pottery figures, by the very famous folk-artist, Josephina Aguilar of Ocotlan, Oaxaca, c. 1960's. The set is composed of nine pottery figures, each beautifully formed and decorated. There is a priest and two altar-boys, the bride and groom, the best-man and woman, and two guests. Condition is excellent. Size: size varies slightly, but each figure is about 4 inches high by 1 3/4 inches wide. Price: $475 for the set.
HH-12: Mexican vintage wood-carving and folk art, a wonderfully carved and decorated helmet-style jaguar mask, used in dances and folk-festivals, from the Mexican state of Guerrero, c. 1950's. Condition is excellent. Size: 8 3/4 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide. Price: $650.
DD-7: Mexican vintage wood-carving and folk art, a hand-carved laquer-ware batea with wonderful artwork, Uruapan, Michoacan, c. 1930's. The batea features lovely floral decorations, painted on top of the fine laquer finish.
This is an amazing piece of Mexican vintage fine/folk art! Condition is excellent. Size: 14 inches diameter. Price: $350.
BB-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery duck standing next to a lovely blackware vase, from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This piece is wonderfully formed and hand-decorated. This is a highly unique and endearing piece. Condition is excellent. Size: 8 1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide by 5 1/4 inches deep (front to back, near base). Price: $225.
V-2: Mexican vintage wood carving, and Mexican vintage folk art, a laquered box from Olinala, Michoacan, with fantastic birds and foliage, c. 1950. The painted decorations of birds and flowers are incredible. The artist begins by hand-carving the box from wood, which is plentiful in the state of Michoacan. The box is then carefully laquered, with a black slip. After this has dried, the artist paints the decorative scenery. This method of laquer and painting has pre-hispanic origins in the region of the Tarascan natives (the Purephecha, in their own language). Condition is excellent. Size: 10 inches wide by 4 1/2 inches high by 5 3/4 inches deep (front to back of box).
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U-3: Mexican vintage woodcarving, and Mexican vintage folk art, a laquer-ware box from Uruapan, Michoacan, c. 1930. Beautifully decorated with hand-painted flowers and foliage. The box still has the original lock and key, and they work! Condition is very good, given the age of this piece; there is some very minor loss of laquer in places. It is a very unique and rare piece from Uruapan. Size: 11 1/2 inches long by 4 inches wide by 2 inches high. Price: $245.
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