Mexican Vintage Pottery and Ceramics
AL-1: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful piece of folk art, depicting three acrobats balancing atop a bull, attributed to the great Heron Martinez, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1950's. Heron Martinez loved the circus; many of his pieces reflect his love of the circus, the animals, and the acrobats. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art by one of the best! Condition is excellent. Size: 11 1/2 inches high by 8 1/2 inches long by 4 1/2 inches wide. Price: $575.
AL-2: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful, large rooster, signed JJRM (Juan Jose Ramos Medrano, the grandson of the very famous Candelario Medrano), Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1960's. Juan learned the art of pottery and folk art at the table of his very famous grandfather, the late Candelario Medrano. His work is inspirational and highly collectible! Condition is excellent. Size: 21 inches high by 13 1/2 inches wide by 8 1/4 inches long (front to back). Price: $475.
AL-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a black-ware, oval charger with exquisite and very endearing artwork, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The black-ware charger is decorated with a hand-painted scene of a campesino and his trusty burros, a wonderful scene of rural Mexican village life! The artwork is very crisp, and the colors are wonderfully vibrant. Condition is excellent. Size: 15 inches wide by 11 inches high. Price: $495.
AL-5: Mexican folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery figure of a seated man, with wonderful hand-painted decorations, Amalyatepec, Guerrero, c. 1970. This is a great piece of Mexican folk art from the state of Guerrero. Condition is excellent.
SOLD. Thank you!
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.
AK-1: A lovely burnished charger with a wonderful design featuring a crested crane, a design element which is very typical of burnished pieces from Tonala during this period, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork is exquisite! Colors are vibrant and beautiful, against the lovely salmon background. This piece is a discerning collector's dream. Condition is excellent. Size: 23 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $1800.
AK-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a set of three hexagonal plates, decorated with lovely birds (quetzales, perhaps), Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The artwork is excellent; this is a style and design which is rare and difficult to find today. The artwork is exceptionally fine! Condition is excellent. Size: each plate measures 6 1/2 inches wide and high. Price: $375 for the set of three.
AK-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery olla with floral relief designs and a beautiful background glaze, Michoacan, c. 1930's. The floral relief work is highlighted with wonderful additional colors. This is a rare and very collectible piece of vintage Mexican pottery! It would make a spectacular center-piece decoration on a dining room table. Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/2 inches high by 11 inches wide, at the widest part. The mouth of the olla measures 7 inches diameter. Price: $425.
AK-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a rare piece of pottery devotional art, a scene of the crucifixion of Jesus, with a rare pale yellow (mustard-colored) glaze, signed RR, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1950's. The artwork is exceptional, and the glaze is wonderful! Most pieces of Ocumicho pottery by this potter have the same color of glaze, and the work signed by RR is very collectible. Condition is very good. Size: 14 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $450.
AK-10: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful scene of a lively rodeo, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1950's. The happy rodeo fans are gathered around a very frisky quarterhorse. All of the figures are very well-formed and decorated. This is a great piece of Ocumicho vintage pottery folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 11 3/4 inches high by 11 1/4 inches diameter at the widest part. Price: $375.
AK-14: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely black-ware plate with a beautiful bird (a quetzal?) and fantastic flowers, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The artwork on this plate is spectacular! The color composition is amazing. The plate has a lovely blue solid border. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 inches diameter by 1 1/2 inches high or deep. Price: $350.
AK-15: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful bandera-ware plate or bowl, with wonderful artwork featuring two lovely bunnies, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The bunnies are incredibly animated and endearing! This style of vintage Mexican pottery is called bandera-ware because it incorporates the colors of the Mexican flag, bandera in Spanish (red, green, and white). Condition is excellent. Size: 13 inches diameter by 2 inches high or deep. Price: $295.
AK-16: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely black-ware plate with a beautiful bird (a quetzal?) and fantastic flowers, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The artwork on this plate is spectacular! This plate has a lovely solid blue border. It is likely a match to AK-14 above, and probably came from the same artist and collection. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 inches diameter by 1 1/2 inches high or deep. Price: $350.
AJ-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pair of bandera-ware plates with graceful birds, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This style of pottery is called bandera-ware because it incorporates the colors of the Mexican flag, bandera in Spanish (green, red, and white). The central design of each plate is surrounded and highlighted by a very lovely border.
SOLD. Thank you!
AJ-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful lidded casserole in the form of a beautiful turkey, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The turkey casserole has a lovely black background glaze and fabulous hand-painted decorations. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 13 inches long by 8 1/2 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches high. Price: $325.
AJ-4: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a whimsical pottery figurine featuring three animals, stacked on each others' backs, attributed to the great Heron Martinez, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1940-50's. Martinez was highly enamored of the circus, and often crafted folk art of scenes and memories of the circus. Here, the animals resemble human acrobats, with a goat on the bottom, a cow, and all topped off by an alligator. The piece dates from Martinez' white-period of pottery-making. This is a great and highly collectible piece of Mexican vintage folk art, by a true master. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 6 1/2 inches long by 1 1/2 inches wide. Price: $425.
AJ-5: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful tree-of-life candle-holder, decorated with an angel and a lovely Nativity scene, Metepec, c. 1950's. The tree-of-life is beautifully decorated and painted. It has a wonderful patina which comes with age and use. Condition is very good; the piece has been lovingly cared for and used to burn candles over the years, perhaps to celebrate the Holiday Season.
SOLD. Thank you!
AJ-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pottery vase with lovely background glazing in two colors, and with very beautiful hand-painted scenes, attributed to the famous Jimenez family, Oaxaca, c. 1930's. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art! Condition is excellent. Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches at the widest part. Price: $525.
AJ-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful black-ware plate with a wonderful rural scene featuring a Mexican woman carrying pineapples to market and accompanied by her loyal doggie, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The artwork on the plate is especially fine and crisp! Condition is excellent. Size: 10 1/16 inches diameter. Price: $185.
AJ-12: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very beautiful pottery olla (jar or vase) with exquisite hand-painted decorations, canela (cinammon colors), by the famous master of Mexican pottery and folk art, "Pajarito", Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1950's. The artist is featured in the book, "Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art." This is a very large and visually stunning piece by a great master! Condition is excellent. Size: 20 1/2 inches high by 10 1/2 inches wide (at the widest part). The mouth of the olla is 8 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $575.
AJ-16: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery bottle, wonderfully hand-formed and decorated, and with a stunning image of Nuestra Senora de San Juan de los Lagos (Our Lady of St. John of the Lakes), Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This image of Our Lady is very popular and venerated throughout Mexico. The second side of the bottle shows the Basilica where this image of Mary is enshrined. Condition is excellent. Size 6 3/4 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $325.
AI-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a burnished pottery vase with wonderful, imaginative artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The vase has a lovely salmon-colored background. Condition is excellent. Size: 8 3/4 inches high by 9 1/4 inches wide at the widest part of the shoulder of the vase. The opening at the top is 4 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $475.
AI-4: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery tree-of-life, decorated with lovely birds and flowers in gentle muted colors, Izucar de Matamoros, c. 1950's. The tree is painted a pale yellow, with pale green and dark green accents; the patina is exceptional. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art!
SOLD. Thank you!
AI-7: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful and brightly painted and decorated tree of life, featuring a wise, old owl, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1940's. The tree is beautifully decorated and colors are bright and vibrant. Traditionally, trees-of-life were given as gifts to newly-married couples representing the wish that they be happy and fertile together. This is a tradition in Puebla which pre-dates the arrival of the Spanish. Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/2 inches high by 8 1/4 inches wide at the widest part. The circular base is 4 inches diameter. Price: $350.
AI-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very beautiful black-ware pottery charger with very fine and detailed artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930-40. The charger is beautifully framed by a colorful scalloped rim. The scene features a lovely landscape of plants and trees, a snoozing Mexican paisano, and a wonderful blue deer. The artwork is spectacular and crisp. This charger is pictured in the book "Ceramica, Mexican Pottery of the 20th Century", page 58. Condition is excellent. Size: 14 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $1200.
AI-12: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a Tlaquepaque plate with an incredibly fine Mexican rural scene, attributed to the great Balbino Lucano (this based on the face of the Mexican paisano pictured in the scene), Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The artwork is especially detailed and crisp, and the scene is wonderful and very endearing. This is great Mexican vintage fine/folk art and a collector's dream. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 inches diameter. Price: $185.
AI-13: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely and very colorful tree-of-life depicting the Nativity Scene with five wonderful angels, Izucar de Matamoros, c. 1960's. This is very possibly a work from the famous Castillo family of Izucar de Matamoros. Condition is excellent. Size: 12 inches high by 8 inches wide, at the widest part, by 4 1/2 inches diameter at the circular base. Price: $395.
AI-14: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful Tonala canelo charger by the famous artist N. Pajarito, Tonala, c. 1970's. The famous Pajarito was a master of this style of pottery; canelo is Spanish for cinnamon, so named because of the beautiful shades of brown and tan. This artist is featured in the book, "Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art." Condition of the charger is excellent. Size: 12 inches diameter. Price: $275.
AH-1: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pottery sculpture depicting three steers with hats and birds on their heads, attributed to the great Heron Martinez, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1950's. This piece dates from Martinez's white-period, a time in which he was fascinated with images of the circus. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage folk art!
SOLD. Thank you!
AH-2: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful and very colorful pottery sculpture depicting two oxen pulling a wonderful cart, Metepec, c. 1950's. The cart is carrying a white host, representing the body of Christ in the Eucharist. The oxens' yoke is beautifully decorated; perhaps the cart is being pulled in a festive religious procession.
SOLD. Thank you!
AH-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a set of nesting oval bowls with beautiful artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. It is very difficult to find a set of five nesting bowls, all in good condition. The artwork on each is especially endearing and wonderful. Condition of all five bowls is very good. Size: the largest bowl is 7 1/2 inches long by 6 1/4 wide by 2 1/4 inches high; the smallest is 3 3/4 inches long by 3 1/16 wide by 1 1/4 inches high. Price: $225 for the set.
AH-5: Mexican pottery and ceramics, a lovely charger with fantastic artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. contemporary. The artwork is stunning, with beautiful birds and butterflies, and the background is a later development of traditional petatillo (a cross-hatch pattern resembling a straw mat or petate, in Spanish). On this piece, the petatillo background is more like patterns of small dots than of cross-hatching. The overall effect is stunningly beautiful. The charger is signed by the artist on the back, Martin Garcia Rios. Condition is excellent. Size: 15 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $825.
AH-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pair of giant, beautiful burnished vases, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. One vase has a unique salmon-colored background and fantastic exotic bird. The second vase has a lovely blue background, an exotic bird, and wonderful floral designs. These vases are treasures of this period, from the famous pottery centers of Tonala and Tlaquepaque, Jalisco. They are truly incredible. Condition of both is excellent. Size: each measures 33 inches high by 22 inches wide, at the widest part near the shoulder.
SOLD. Thank you!
AG-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely fantasia (fantasia-ware) plate with a rare black background and contrasting sky-blue design elements, Tlaquepaque or Tonala Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork, featuring wonderful birds and animals, is especially fine and crisp. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 1/4 inches diameter. Price: $185.
AG-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a second, very lovely fantasia plate with a rare black background and contrasting sky-blue design elements, Tlaquepaque or Tonala Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork, featuring wonderful birds and animals, is also especially fine and crisp. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 1/4 inches diameter. Price: $185.
AG-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful, large burnished charger with wonderful imaginative artwork featuring an exotic bird with outstretched wings, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The charger features a rare salmon-colored background, and the artwork is spectacular!
SOLD. Thank you!
AG-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery vase with fine artwork scenes on either side, and a wonderful green background, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. One side features a lovely bird with a long and beautiful tail (a quetzal, perhaps), and the other side features a Mexican campesino with a fine serape (sarape) amidst lush foliage. The artwork is excellent! Condition is very good. Size: 8 inches high by 6 inches wide, at the widest point. The mouth of the vase is 4 inches diameter. Price: $475.
AG-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage devotional art, a very fine pottery bottle depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. Our Lady is extremely serene and beautiful, and the artwork is excellent. These lidded bottles were used to transport Holy Water from church, to be used in blessing family homes. Condition is excellent. Size: 7 3/4 inches high by 2 1/4 inches wide. Price: $425.
AG-13: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery apartment building filled with happy tenants attending to their flower boxes amidst happy doves, signed on the back "Y.A.D.R.", Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1950-60's. Colors are bright and vibrant. This is a wonderful piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 6 3/4 inches wide by 5 inches deep (front to back). Price: $325.
AG-14: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely tree-of-life with beautiful colors and a wonderful patina, attributed to the great Heriberto Castillo, Izucar de Matamoros, c. 1950's.
SOLD. Thank you!
AG-15: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely plate with a very unique octagonal shape and a fine pale-green background. Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The scene on the front of the plate is exquisitely painted and features a Mexican campesino returning to the comforts of his beautiful house. Condition is excellent. Size: 7 1/4 inches high by 7 1/4 inches wide. Price: $185.
AG-17: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely tree-of-life with beautiful, vibrant colors and decorated with lovely flowers, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1940's. The front of this tree features a wise, old owl. This is a beautiful piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/2 inches high by 8 1/4 inches wide. The circular base is 3 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $325.
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. Price: $295 each, or $1000 for the set of four.
Please note, the turquoise bottle, second from the left, has been SOLD! The other three are still available.
AF-2: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful carousel with happy children and gleeful animals, attributed to the famous Castillo family, and very possibly by Heriberto Castillo (brother of the very famous Alfonso Castillo), Izucar de Matamoros, c. 1950-60. This is an incredibly lovely and endearing piece of Mexican vintage folk art! The piece is decorated with bright and vibrant colors. It is truly "alive" with children, animals, and beautiful birds.
SOLD. Thank you!
AF-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely burnished charger with very intricate, hand-painted decorations, Tonala, c. 1940's. The charger features wonderful floral designs with graceful deer and a wise old owl at the top. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage fine/folk art! The piece is attributed to the very famous Amado Galvan. Condition is very good. Size: 18 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $575.
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.
AF-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful drip-ware, oval bowl with a wonderful woman of Tehuantepec (a Tehuana) on front and back, Oaxaca, c. 1940's. This is the famous Losa Goteada, or "drip-ware", also referred to as Mexican majolica, which was produced in Oaxaca in the 1930-40's. The colors of the glaze are magnificent! The bowl is in very good condition, with no loss of glaze or flaking. Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 11 1/2 inches wide by 7 1/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $625.
AF-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautifully decorated tecomate (round bowl with a small center opening), featuring wonderful and very well-painted scenes of Mexican village life, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This is a great piece of Mexican fine/folk art! Condition is excellent. Size: 7 1/2 inches high by 8 1/4 inches diameter (at the widest part). Price: $895.
AE-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a tea-cup and saucer with incredibly fine artwork, featuring a lovely Charra, dressed in her China Poblana costume, doing the famous dance, El Jarabe Tapatio, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930. She dances with her handsome Charro, around a wonderful sombrero. This is an excellent and highly collectible piece of Mexican vintage folk art! Both the saucer and the cup are marked on the bottoms, Fabrica Lucano; they were made by some of the finest artists of this period. Condition is very good. Size: the saucer measures 5 inches diameter; the cup measures 3 inches diameter at the top (not including the handle) by 3 inches high. Price: $225.
AE-4: Vintage California tile and ceramics, a rare and extremely beautiful, tile table with a wonderful parrot in the center and an incredibly fine border, California, c. 1930's. Colors are vibrant, and the condition is very good (near mint). The center tile with the parrot is very probably Claycraft, and the border tiles could also be Claycraft or a neighbor, Gladdis McBean. The table, tiles, and grouting are all original. Size: the top is 23 1/2 inches square by 20 inches high. Price: $4200.
AE-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, three pottery tiles with wonderful scenes of Mexican village life, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, each signed on the back by Nicolas Lucano (son of the very famous Balbino Lucano), c. 1970's. The artwork on each tile is excellent. The tiles feature fine petatillo backgrounds (a cross-hatching design resembling a Mexican straw mat or petate). Condition of all three is very good. Size: each measures 5 inches high by 3 1/4 inches wide. Price: $375 for the set of three.
AE-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a tri-pod bowl with beautiful and very intricate artwork, signed by the famous artist, Antonio Rivera, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The artwork on the inside of the bowl is in the highly imaginative style of Fantasia, or fantasia-ware. Colors are bright and vibrant. This is a discerning collectors dream! Condition is excellent. Size: the bowl is 11 1/2 inches diameter by 3 1/2 inches high. Price: $475.
AE-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pair of planters, very early and with exquisite artwork, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The scenes decorating these planters are incredible, with verdant plants, burros, birds, and animals, including graceful deer. Condition is very good; it seems they were actually used as planters, but were lovingly cared for. They do not show signs of flaking or melting, and there is no loss of color or glaze. Size: each measures 5 1/2 inches high by 6 1/2 inches diameter at the mouth. Price: $975 for the pair.
AE-12: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful oval platter with a lovely green background and excellent artwork, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. It is decorated with a lovely and very endearing scene of Mexican village life. Condition is excellent. Size: 17 inches wide (not including the handles) by 13 3/4 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
AD-2: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pair of pottery statues, a man and woman, from Guerrero, c. 1970's. The wonderful floral patterns of the clothing of both statues, along with the unique and fine form, make this pair a folk art collector's dream.
SOLD. Thank you!
AD-3: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a tree-of-life candleholder with very beautiful decorations, attributed to the famous Heriberto Castillo, Izucar de Matamoros, c. 1960's. The tree-of-life features very beautiful and graceful birds, and wonderful floral elements.
SOLD. Thank you!
AD-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a magnificent and extremely large charger featuring the Mexican national symbol, an eagle with snake in mouth and two Mexican flags, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The artwork is spectacular! This treasure of Mexican fine/folk art is museum quality. The pale-green background wonderfully complements the scene. Condition is excellent. Size: 26 inches diameter.
SOLD. Thank you!
AD-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a burnished charger with fantastic artwork, featuring a lovely bird with outstetched wings and wonderful floral designs, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The bird stands out against a pale salmon background. The overall effect is incredible!
SOLD. Thank you!
AD-14: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery jar with a beautiful patina and Aztec-type geometric designs, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This is a piece for the discerning collector of vintage Mexican pottery! Condition is very good. Size: 7 1/4 inches high by 6 inches diameter at the widest point. Price: $275.
AD-16: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics. a charger with a beautiful blue background, and very fine and imaginative artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1950's. The charger features a lovely bird with outstretched and graceful wings. This type of very imaginative artwork graced chargers which were sold as tourist items from the 1930's to the 1960's in Tonala and Tlaquepaque. Many were shipped north to the cities near the Mexican/U.S. border for sale to American tourists who flooded cities like Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana. Condition of this charger is excellent. Size: 12 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $325. .
AC-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pitcher with exquisite artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920's. This is a fabulous piece of Mexican vintage pottery, and a discerning collector's dream! The artwork features graceful birds and wonderful floral designs, set against a pale-blue background glaze that resembles the wash of a watercolor painting.
SOLD. Thank you!
AC-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a large charger with excellent artwork, featuring a fantastic bird with outstretched wings, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1950's. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican pottery. The artwork is very fine and detailed. The overall effect of the piece is spectacular. Condition is excellent. Size: 18 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $750.
AB-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a blackware tecomate (spherical bowl) with excellent artwork, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1935. Scenes on the tecomate feature a Mexican campesino with his pottery-wares, amidst lovely cacti. The black glaze is beautiful! Condition is excellent. Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 7 inches diameter at the widest point. Price: $395.
AB-6: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful piggy-bank with exquisite artwork and a petatillo background (a very fine hatch-work pattern, resembling a Mexican straw-woven mat or petate, in Spanish), Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 2004. The artist is Santos Lucano, who died in 2007. He is the son of the famous, late artist, Balbino Lucano. The artwork completely covers the piggy and features scenes of the stately Cathedral of Guadalajara, and Mexican campesinos with their burros in beautiful village scenes. It is spectacular!
SOLD. Thank you!
ZZ-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very lovely black-ware tile with a wonderful scene of a campesino and his trusty burro, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork on this tile is especially crisp and fine. Condition is excellent. Size: 5 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. Price: $185.
ZZ-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful fantasia-ware plate with an incredible scene of a flying eagle, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This is a very fine example of the best in Mexican losa fantasia, or fantasia-ware. The artwork is simply spectacular! Condition is excellent. Size: 11 inches diameter. Price: $325.
ZZ-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery tri-pod bowl with beautiful and very fine artwork, from Guerrero, c. 1940's. The bowl is very possibly from the village of Tolimon or Amayaltepec, Guerrero. It is a wonderful piece of Mexican vintage pottery! Condition is very good. Size: 13 1/2 inches diameter by 4 1/2 inches high. Price: $325.
ZZ-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely and very finely decorated petatillo (the background is filled with very fine hatchwork lines, resembling a Mexican straw-mat or petate) vase, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The vase has a very unique and beautiful shape, and the artwork is excellent. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican pottery! Condition is excellent. Size: 8 inches high by 5 inches wide, at the widest part. Price: $350.
ZZ-8 and ZZ-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, lidded casseroles in the form of nesting turkeys, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. Here are two really fine examples of vintage Mexican folk-art! The artwork on each is very fine and beautiful, especially the hand-painted decorations on the wings of both birds. Condition of each is excellent. Size: the larger casserole measures 12 1/2 inches long (front to back) by 7 1/2 inches high by 8 1/4 inches wide. The smaller casserole is 6 inches long by 4 3/4 inches high by 8 inches wide (including the handles). Price: the larger casserole is $300; the smaller casserole is $195. Buy both for $470.
YY-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely drip-ware vase (losa gotiada) from Oaxaca, c. 1930's. This pottery is also referred to as "Mexican Majolica", and was produced in Oaxaca until about 1940. This vase features a very elegant and graceful shape, and wonderful colors. Condition is excellent. Size: 8 1/16 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide at the widest part by 5 inches deep (front to back) at the base. Price: $225.
YY-2: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful bull-ring, complete with matador, fierce bull, and cheering fans, signed JJRM (Juan Jose Ramos Medrano, the grandson of the famous folk-artist, Candelario Medrano of Santa Cruz de Las Huertas, Jalisco), c. 1980. Twenty-two cheering fans are watching the bull-fight, as a band of six musicians plays on! This is a fantastic piece of Mexican folk-art by a great master, Juan Jose Ramos Medrano.
SOLD. Thank you!
YY-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pair of very lovely chargers, with incredibly fine artwork, from Oaxaca, c. 1930. The artwork is espcially fine, featuring a wonderful hummingbird sitting atop three roses, surrounded by what looks like a necklace of jewels. These are done in a style and with a glaze that was used in Oaxaca from c. 1900-1930. Condition of each is excellent. Size: each charger measures 11 1/2 inches diameter. They can be bought individually, or as a pair. Price: $350 each, or $600 for the pair.
YY-5: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful piggy-bank with very fine artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The piggy-bank features a fantastic scene of a matador fighting a fierce bull. This is very well painted and highly unique! Condition is excellent. Size: 8 1/2 inches long by 3 3/4 inches high by 4 1/4 inches wide. Price: $295.
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: $850.
YY-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a large and extremely beautiful burnished globe or vase, with extremely fine and graceful floral artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The wonderful form and exquisite artwork on this very large globe make this a very unique treasure of Mexican popular art! Condition is excellent. Size: 13 inches high by 13 inches wide, at the widest point. The mouth measures 7 inches diameter. Price: $4200.
XX-4: Mexican vintage pottery, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a pair of wonderful pottery masks from Amayaltepec, Guerrero, c. 1950's. The artwork decorating the masks is excellent, and the overall effect is very striking. Both masks are in very good condition. Size: each mask measures 8 1/2 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide. Price: $275 for the pair.
XX-10: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely blue-ware dish shaped like two leaves, and with room for one cup, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The artwork on the Tlaquepaque pottery dish and cup is spectacular and very fine! This is very possibly the early work of the famous Balbino Lucano, or his equally famous brother, Tomas. Condition is very good. Size: the dish measures 11 1/2 inches diagonally by 10 inches wide at the widest part. The lovely cup is 3 inches high by 3 1/2 inches diameter across the mouth, not including the wonderful handle. Price: $275.
XX-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pair of very beautiful hectagonal earthen-ware plates with very fine artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The plates feature wonderful scenes of rural life in Mexico in that period. Condition is very good. Size: each plate is 9 1/2 inches high by 9 1/2 inches wide. Price: $350 for the pair.
XX-12: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely oval charger with a wonderful scene of a family near Lake Patzcuaro, in the traditional style of the village of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan, c. 1950's. The border of the oval platter is wonderfully executed. This is a great piece of Tzintzuntzan pottery! Condition is very good. Size: 16 1/2 inches wide by 12 1/4 inches high. Price: $475.
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.
WW-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, an octagonal pottery plate featuring a dashingly lovely Mexican maiden, very finely painted, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The artwork is exceptionally fine, indicative of one of the finest artists of Tonala and Tlaquepaque at that time. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 3/4 inches high by 9 3/4 inches wide. Price: $185.
VV-5: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a stunning, pottery bird from Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930. The bird is beautifully decorated with vibrant and wonderful colors. This is a magnificent example of vintage Mexican folk-art!
SOLD. Thank you!
VV-7: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very unique and beautiful blackware rooster with wonderful hand-painted decorations and feathers, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This is a fantastic piece of vintage Mexican folk-art! The rooster seems full-of-life and ready to begin crowing for the new day! Condition is excellent. Size: 9 1/4 inches high by 11 1/2 inches long (front to back) by 7 1/2 inches wide at the wings. Price: $850.
VV-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very fine hexagonal plate with a wonderful doggie set in a rural scene, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. Condition is very good. Size: 13 inches wide by 13 inches high. Price: $225.
UU-15: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a wonderful pair of trees-of-like, signed by the late, famous folk-artist, Alfonso Castillo, of Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, c. 1990's. One tree features a Mexican caballero, and the other a beautiful Mexican maiden. Pottey figures and trees-of-life by Alfonso Castillo are in museums and galleries around the world! The art-work decorating these trees is detailed and exquisite. Condition is excellent. Size: Each tree measures 8 1/4 inches high by 6 3/4 inches wide (at the widest part). Price: $550 for the pair.
UU-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely charger with a blue background and very fine artwork, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The blue background has a wonderful translucent quality and variences in shading, resembling a water-color painting. The scene is incredibly endearing, and the colors of the artwork are bright and vibrant. Condition is very good. Size: 14 1/2 inches diameter.
SOLD. Thank you!
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 Acatlan, 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.
UU-4: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pottery city bus filled with happy passengers, signed on the side of the bus by the famous, late folk-artist, Candelario Medrano of Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1960's. The bus has great character and the style of the 1950's. Medrano started his life as a maker of pottery children's toys, however he found that grown-ups loved his toys and recognized them as great and very collectible folk-art. Condition is excellent. Size: 13 1/2 inches long by 5 1/4 inches wide by 6 inches high. Price: $525.
UU-12: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery statue of a Mexican caballero with a sarape gracefully draped over his shoulder and wearing a wonderful striped suit, attributed to the great folk-artist, Senora Pena of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan, c. 1960's. Pieces of folk-art pottery by Sra. Pena are in the collection in the museum at Tzintzuntzan. Condition is excellent. Size: 11 1/2 inches high by 4 1/4 inches wide by 3 inches deep (front to back). Price: $425.
TT-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful burnished jar from Tonala Jalisco, c. 1930's. The water-jar is very finely painted and has the very wonderful "starry-night" effect.
Condition is excellent. Size: 11 1/2 inches high by 6 3/4 inches diameter at the widest point. Price: $325.
TT-8: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a pottery truck filled with wonderful people, attributed to the great Candelario Medrano, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1960's. This is a wonderful and very collectible piece of vintage Mexican folk-art, by a true master. Condition is very good. Size: 16 inches long by 8 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide. Price: $750.
TT-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful petatillo (very fine cross-hatching in the background resembling a straw mat or petate) charger, with incredibly fine artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c.1930's. The petatillo charger features two rural scenes and is a wonderful example of Mexican vintage folk art and pottery. The wonderful border of the plate is simply exquisite! Condition is excellent. Size: 16 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $1250.
TT-13: Mexican vintage pottery and cermics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a pottery candleholder from Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca, c. 1960. The base is decorated with four very sweet faces, and the candleholder is decorated with beautiful floral designs. Condition is very good. Size: 12 1/2 inches high by c. 6 3/4 inches diameter at the widest part. Price: $185.
TT-15: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful lidded Talavera dish from Puebla, bearing the mark of the Uriarte fabrica, c. 1960's. This piece is extremely well-formed and painted; it is simply beautiful! Condition is excellent. Size: 4 1/2 inches high including the lid by 3 1/4 inches diameter. Price: $175.
SS-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely charger with a pale-blue background and excellent artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The oval-shaped charger features scenes of Mexican rural life, set amidst lovely plants and foliage. A Mexican campesino is aiming his rifle at two deer, in hopes of obtaining a tasty dinner for himself and his family. This is fantastic Mexican folk-art. Condition is excellent. Size: 14 inches high by 22 1/4 inches wide. Price: $1750.
SS-10: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful black-ware oval charger with exquisite artwork featuring a dashing Mexican charro with his sarape and water jar, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The artist shows incredible mastery of colors and glazes, achieving a beautiful blending of colors that resembles a water-color. This is great Mexican vintage pottery and folk-art! Condition is very good. Size: 16 1/4 inches wide by 12 inches high. Price: $725.
RR-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a bright blue car or taxi, filled with happy passengers, attributed to the great folk-artist, Candelario Medrano of Jalisco, c. 1960's. This is a wonderful example of the folk-art by this very famous, late folk-artist from Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco.
SOLD. Thank you!
QQ-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a hexagonal, blue-background plate with lovely artwork and a whimsical rural scene, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30. The plate has the stamp of the famous Arias Shop of Tlaquepaque on the back. The plate is in very good condition; the glaze is a bit uneven from the time of the original firing, but the plate is otherwise in excellent condition. Size: 8 1/2 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide. Price: $175.
QQ-12: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very fine pottery charger with a rare lime-green background and wonderfully beautiful artwork, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The charger features a wonderful scene of rural Mexican life. Condition is excellent. Size: 18 inches diameter. Price: $2200.
PP-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a bandera-ware plate with a graceful pelican and wonderfully intricate border, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco c. 1930's. The artwork on this piece is excellent. This style of Mexican pottery is called bandera-ware because it features the colors of the Mexican flag (bandera, in Spanish), red, green, and white. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 1/4 inches diameter. Price: $175.
PP-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a fantasia rectangular baking dish with wonderful butterflies, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork and the choice of colors make this piece outstanding. Condition is excellent. Size: 8 1/2 inches long by 6 3/4 inches wide by 1 3/4 inches high or deep. Price: $275.
OO-12: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful petatillo (cross-hatching in the background, resembling a straw-mat or petate in Spanish) pulque pitcher, decorated with wonderful animals and foliage and with 6 finely decorated petatillo cups, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The artwork on both the pulque pitcher and cups is very intricate and spectacular! Condition is very good. Size: the pulque pitcher is 10 inches high by 4 1/4 inches wide at the widest part and not including the handle. The cups are each 2 1/4 inches high by 2 1/4 inches wide. Price: $325.
NN-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a wonderful pottery piece from Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1940-50's, depicting the crescent moon with devils. There are devils holding birds on either side of the moon. The piece is highly imaginative and fantastic, in the style and colors of older pottery from the folk-art center of Ocumicho.
Condition is very good, given the age of the piece. There are no discernible chips or cracks. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk-art! Size: 10 1/16 inches high by 9 inches wide at the widest part, by 5 1/4 inches diameter across the base. Price: $425.
MM-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a petatillo (cross-hatching in the background resembling a straw mat or petate) plate with very fine artwork, attributed to the famous artist Balbino Lucano, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930. The artwork features two lovely birds (herons) amidst lovely and very detailed plants and foliage. The back of the plate is inscribed with the address of Lucano's gallery/home/workshop in Tlaquepaque. This is a great example of Balbino Lucano's spectacular work and a collector's dream! Condition is excellent. Size: 9 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $325.
MM-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wrought-iron table with four matching black-ware tiles, the tiles from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The lovely black wrought-iron table has a very graceful form, and it is newer than the four matching tiles. This is a magnificent piece of Mexican folk art. The artwork on the tiles is very sharp and extremely beautiful! Condition of table and tiles is excellent. Size: 18 1/2 inches high by 10 1/2 inches square tile-top. Price: $725.
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.
LL-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics. a lovely petatillo pitcher with a handle and very fine hand-painted decoration, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The artwork is especially fine. It is unsigned. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 inches high by 4 3/4 inches wide (4 inches diameter across the mouth of the pitcher). Price: $375.
KK-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely charger by the famous artist Balbino Lucano, Tlaquepaque, c. 1930. The pottery charger has the petatillo background (cross-hatching, resembling a straw mat or petate) developed in the 1920's in great part by Balbino Lucano. The charger features beautiful birds and deer, along with wonderful foliage. The address of Balbino's studio and shop is written on the back. Condition is excellent. Size: 17 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $1800.
JJ-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful petatillo (background with straw-like hatching) plate from Tlaquepaque, c. 1930-40. The plate has a very unique and early geometric and floral design. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 inches diameter. Price: $225.
II-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful oval platter decorated with a very lovely bird and flowers, Talquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The piece has a wonderful cream-colored background glaze, and the scene is exquisitely painted with great detail and sharpness. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk-art! Condition is excellent. Size: 16 1/2 inches long by 11 1/2 inches wide by 1 1/2 inches high. Price: $325.
II-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely plate with a cream-colored background glaze and a wonderful and very serene scene of a burro munching grass under graceful trees and foliage, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork on this plate is extremely well-executed and very beautiful and crisp! Condition is excellent. Size: 10 inches diameter. Price: $195.
II-15: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful rectangular dish with an earthen-colored (reddish) glaze background and a wonderful rural scene, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The artwork is simply wonderful. Condition is excellent. Size: 16 inches long by 10 3/4 inches wide by 1 inch high. Price: $275.
GG-24: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a water jar attributed to the great Balbino Lucano, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The jar is done in the petatillo hatchwork style (with straw-like hatchwork in the background) for which Balbino Lucano is famous. The scenes are beautifully painted and are wonderful. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 1/2 inches high by 8 inches diameter at the widest part. Price: $450.
FF-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely drip-ware lidded bowl, often referred to as "Mexican majolica", Oaxaca, c. 1930's. The glaze, which appears to be "dripped" over the bowl, is thick and very rich. This is an exquisite piece of Oaxacan vintage pottery. Condition is excellent. Size: 5 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide (including handles). Price: $125.
EE-18: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a blackware plate with wonderful artwork from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The plate has a beautiful border and a scene of a campesino carrying his heavy load amidst plants and cacti. This is the first of three Tlaquepaque blackware plates, probably all from the same great artist (the other two follow, EE-19 and EE-20). Condition is excellent. Size: 10 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $195.
EE-19: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a blackware plate with wonderful artwork from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The plate has a beautiful border and a scene of a campesino carrying his heavy load of cana, or sugar cane, amidst plants and cacti.
This is the second of three plates, probably all by the same great artist. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $195.
EE-20: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a blackware plate with wonderful artwork from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The plate has a beautiful border and a lovely scene of a house amidst plants and cacti. This is the third Tlaquepaque plate of three, all probably by the same great artist. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 1/2 inches diameter. Price: $195.
DD-1: Mexican vintage pottery, a blackware plate from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. It features a very beautiful rural scene and a wonderful floral border. The artwork is very crisp and excellent. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $175.
DD-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful petatillo pottery vase from Tonala, c. 1930's, attributed to the great artist Balbino Lucano. Lucano was one of the originators of petatillo (the crosshatching pattern in the background), and he was a master of fine decorative painting. This is a masterpiece of vintage Mexican folk art and a collector's dream! Condition is excellent. Size: 6 3/4 inches high by 4 3/4 inches diameter across the middle. Price: $400.
CC-18: Mexican vintage pottery and folk art, a blackware tile with a beautiful scene of a campesino gathering and bundling wood, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork on the tile is extremely fine. Condition is excellent. Size: 4 7/8 inches square. Price: $165.
BB-13: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful petatillo plate, Tonala, c. 1940's. The plate has wonderful floral designs. It is signed on the back, "Hecho por Pedro Chavez B. Tonala, Jal". The artwork on the plate is very intricate and beautiful. Condition is excellent. Size: 8 5/8 inches diameter. Price: $165.
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: $350.
Y-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a large charger from Oaxaca with a wonderful floral pattern, c. 1940's.The charger has a beautiful brown background with decorations painted in a cream color. It is signed, "Ignacio Jimenez, Oaxaca, Mexico", on the back. Condition is excellent to mint. Size: 14 inches diameter. Price: $195.
Y-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful six-sided bowl from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30. The bowl is stamped on the bottom, " ARIAS, MADE IN MEXICO". The bowl is hand-painted with wonderful rural scenes which cover the inside and each of the six sides of the bowl. This is a great piece for the collector of vintage Mexican pottery! Condition is excellent to mint. Size: 10 1/2 inches wide (point to point) by 3 inches high. Price: $650.
W-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a ceramic Talavera tray from Puebla, c. 1960's. The art-work on the Talavera tray is exceptional. It is signed on the back, "Rugerio, Pue-Mex", indicating that it comes from the now-closed and very famous fabrica of Rugerio. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 inches high by 9 inches wide by 1 1/2 inches deep (top to bottom of Talavera tray). Price: $195.
T-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a jar with lid, signed Arias, with floral decorations, c. 1930-40. Beautiful cream colored glaze with blue floral decorations. This piece comes from the famous Arias shop in Tlaquepaque, well-known for the quality of its pottery and textiles. This is a very collectible piece of vintage Mexican fine/folk art. Condition is excellent. Size: 4 inches high by 3 inches diameter. Price: $175.
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T-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery bull with fine hand-painted decoration, c. 1950. Signed on the bottom, "Jose Trinidad Bernabe Lopez, Tonala, Jalisco Mexico." Petatillo background with incredible floral and animal decorations.
This is a great piece of vintage Mexican fine/folk art. Condition is excellent; there are places where the original glaze did not "take" or was intentionally left off by the artist (Please, see close-up photos of the base in the Gallery and in photos above). Size: 9 inches long (front to back) by 6 inches high including horns by 4 1/2 inches wide (side to side) at base. Price: $325.
T-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a pulque or punch set with pitcher and 5 mugs in the form of Aztec gods, c. 1940. Wonderful blue glaze with hand-painted faces and decorations on each piece. A very similar set is pictured in the wonderful book Popular Arts of Mexico by Donna McMenanim, page 68. These sets are indeed wonderful and are highly collectible! Condition is excellent; I see no nicks or other problems worthy of mention on any of the pieces. Size: the pitcher is 11 1/2 inches high by 4 3/4 inches wide (side to side) at the base by 6 inches deep (front to back including the handle; the 5 mugs are each 6 3/4 inches high by 3 inches wide by 4 inches deep (front to back) including handles. Price: $950.
P-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a banderaware pottery charger with "starry night" decoration, c. 1930. This charger features a wonderful bird sitting on top of a cactus. The artwork is very detailed and lovely! This type of pottery is called bandera (Spanish for "flag") because of the colors of red, green, and white, the colors of the Mexican flag. Condition is excellent. Size: 13 1/4 inches diameter. Price: $395.
O-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a rectangular Fantasia dish with wonderful deer, from Tonala or Tlaquepaque, c. 1930. The painting on this piece of pottery is exceptional. Size: 11 1/2 inches wide by 9 1/2 inches high by 2 inches deep. Price: $275.
E-6: Mexican vintage pottery/ceramics: Tlaquepaque bowl with bird and floral designs, c. 1930. Size: 6 1/2" high by 12" diameter at top of bowl. Condition is very good; there are 2-3 slight nicks in the glaze on the very bottom edge. Price: $1100.
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