Mexican Vintage Pottery and Ceramics
AC-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a bandera-ware rectangular baking dish, with beautiful artwork, c. 1930's. The dish features a graceful bird amidst lovely foliage and flowers. The floral border is wonderful. This type of pottery is called bandera-ware because it incorporates the three colors of the Mexican flag (bandera, in Spanish). Typically, bandera-ware is in the form of circular plates or chargers; this is a unique shape. Condition is very good. The dish is stamped on the bottom, "MEXICO". Size: 13 inches long by 10 1/2 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches high or deep. Price: $195.
AC-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a set of four Tlaquepaque plates, all with beautiful pale-green backgrounds and exquisite artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's.
SOLD. Thank you!
AC-4: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful pottery tree-of-life, attributed to Heriberto Castillo, father of the famous artist, Alfonso Castillo, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, c. 1950's. The tree-of-life is beautifully decorated and painted, and has a wonderful, soft patina. It features lovely flowers and charming birds. Condition is very good. Size: 14 1/2 inches high by 10 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part, by 5 inches diameter across the circular base. Price: $525.
AC-6: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, an amazing pottery jumbo jet with 13 very happy passengers, signed under one wing by the famous folk artist, Candelario Medrano, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1960's. The original owner purchased this piece directly from the artist. The jumbo jet would be a stellar addition to any great collection of folk art! Condition is very good; there are some very minor stress-lines, which appear to be from the original firing. Size: 32 inches long by 22 1/2 inches wide by 7 1/4 inches high.
SOLD. Thank you!
AC-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, an oval charger with a lovely pale-blue background and beautiful floral designs, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork has an art deco feel; it is free-spirited and very beautiful! A wonderful bird sits spritely atop the flowers, its long tail spiraling gracefully downward. Condition is excellent. Size: 15 1/2 inches high by 11 3/4 inches wide. Price: $425.
AC-8: Mexican vintage folk art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a figure of a very patriotic dog or imaginary "nagual", in the colors of the Mexican flag, possibly by the famous Candelario Medrano or one of his contemporaries, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, c. 1960-70's. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk art! Condition is very good. Size: 10 inches high by 10 inches wide. Price: $375.
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. Condition is excellent. Size: 9 3/4 inches high by 7 inches long, including the handle, by 3 3/4 inches wide. Price: $1950.
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-3: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a tree-of-life from Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, attributed to Heriberto Castillo, father of the late, famous artist, Alfonso Castillo, c. 1960. The artwork and the colors are beautiful. The tree-of-life features lovely little birds, and beautiful flowers.
SOLD. Thank you!
AB-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, an oval platter with a pale-green background and very fine artwork, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The scene on the platter features a Mexican campesino with his trusty burro and faithful doggie. It is very endearing and wonderful, and very well painted!
SOLD. Thank you!
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! Condition is excellent. Size: 9 3/4 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide, at the widest part, by 5 inches deep (front to back). Price: $750.
AB-8: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a charger with a pale-green background, and very graceful artwork featuring a lovely swan, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's.The artist used a confetti-like pattern of different colors of glaze to create an amazing effect of water beneath the swan. It is incredible!
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-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very beautiful pitcher in the form of a graceful swan and decorated on the sides with wonderful painted wings, from Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The piece is decorated with strong, simple strokes of color; the simplicity of the artwork is very beautiful. Condition is excellent. Size: 7 inches long (front to back) including the handle by 3 1/2 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches high (4 1/2 inches high including the handle). Price: $125.
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.
ZZ-13: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a burnished charger with excellent artwork, featuring a lovely bird with outstretched wings, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. This is a stunningly beautiful piece, and a great example of the fine burnished pottery produced in Tonala during this period! Condition is excellent. Size: 19 inches diameter.
SOLD. Thank you!
ZZ-15: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely pottery church with a white slip and beautiful painted decorations, attributed to the famous folk-artist, Heron Martinez, during his white period, Acatlan, Puebla, c. 1960's. The simple decoration of the church resembles the painted churches of the highlands of Puebla. This is a very beautiful piece of vintage Mexican folk-art. Condition is excellent. Size: 12 inches high by 7 1/2 inches wide by 9 inches deep (front to back). Price: $375..
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.
Condition is very good. Size: 8 3/4 inches high by 14 1/4 inches wide at the widest part. The actual bull-ring measures 10 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $850.
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-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful Tonala or Tlaquepaque lidded bowl with handles, probably meant as a tortilla warmer, with fantastic artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork is on the sides of the bowl, and on the top of the lid; it is very crisp and fine! It features a campesino with his basket, a wonderful burro, and a lovely woman carrying fruit in a basket and accompanied by her loyal doggie. Condition is excellent. Size: 8 1/2 inches diameter by 4 1/2 inches high. 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: $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 14 1/2 diameter at the widest part (6 1/2 inches diameter across the mouth). Price: $4900.
XX-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful burnished charger, decorated with a magnificant bird and wonderful floral designs, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The artwork is highly imaginative and very colorful.
SOLD. Thank you!
XX-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very beautiful Tonala burnished pottery bowl with excellent artwork, signed on the bottom by the famous Tonala artist, Amado Galvan, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1940's. This is Mexican vintage burnished pottery at its very finest. The artwork is very precise and spectacular! The bowl has four loop-handles around the outside, and it sits on a circular base. Condition is very good; the inside of the bowl, where all of the artwork is situated, is in excellent condition.
SOLD. Thank you!
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-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a wonderful lidded casserole in the shape of a nesting hen, with a very fine pale-green background, Tlaquepaque or Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1930-40's. The hen is beautifully formed and decorated. Condition is very good. Size: 7 3/4 inches long by 7 inches high by 6 inches wide. Price: $175.
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! Condition is excellent. Size: 6 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide (the circular base is 3 1/4 inches diameter across). Price: $185.
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; there are two very minor rough edges on the rim, apparently from the original firing process. These are almost invisible. Size: 13 inches wide. Price: $225.
UU-14: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a fantastic tree-of-life featuring a whimsical and very dear bunny, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, c. 1950's. The tree is very colorfully decorated. Trees-of-life in Mexico pre-date the arrival of the Spanish, and were given as gifts to a newly married couple as a symbol and a prayer for fertility. They became very popular with folk-art collectors in the 20th century. This tree-of-life is in very good condition.
SOLD. Thank you!
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-16: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a wonderful tree-of-life featuring a lovely little bird, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, c. 1950-60's. This tree-of-life is extremely well-painted, with bright colors and decorations. Condition is very good.
SOLD. Thank you!
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. 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 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-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful pair of candleholders, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The candleholders have a lovely background color and very fine and crisp artwork. Condition is excellent. Size: the holders are 2 1/2 inches high by 3 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $150 for the pair.
UU-9: Mexican vintage folk-art, and Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful, whimsical mermaid, signed by the famous folk-artist, Candelario Medrano, Santa Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, c. 1960. This is an incredible piece of Mexican vintage folk-art by a truly great folk-artist! Condition is very good. Size: 19 inches long by 19 inches high by 10 3/4 inches wide. Price: $1400.
UU-11: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a very beautiful pottery, lidded keep-sake box with very fine artwork on the top and sides, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. This is a very rare and highly collectible piece of Mexican vintage pottery! Condition is excellent. Size: 5 1/4 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches high by 2 3/4 inches deep (front to back). The box is marked on the bottom, "MADE IN MEXICO." Price: $250.
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-10: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a wonderful lidded casserole in the shape of a nesting turkey, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1940's. The artwork and hand-painted decorations on the turkey make this a very special piece of Mexican vintage pottery and folk-art! Condition is excellent. Size: 8 inches diameter without including the handles by 6 1/2 inches high. Price: $250.
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-14: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely lidded jar from Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930. The artwork, featuring a rural Mexican scene, is extremely crisp and fine. Condition is excellent. Size: 3 1/4 inches high by 3 inches diameter, not including handles. Price: $155.
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.
SS-13: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful fantasia-ware bowl with incredibly fine art-work, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1920-30's. The bowl is decorated with graceful birds in flight; it is extremely fanciful and unique!
Condition is excellent. Size: 5 1/2 inches high by 9 inches diameter at the mouth of the bowl. Price: $375.
RR-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, and Mexican vintage folk-art, a wonderful 2-story apartment building with people playing and socializing, attributed to the late, great Candelario Medrano, Jalisco, c. 1960's. This is a great piece of vintage Mexican folk-art by one of the great folk-artists in the history of Mexico! The colors are vibrant, and the piece is full of life. Condition is very good. Size: 10 inches high by 4 inches wide by 4 1/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $300.
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.
Condition is very good. Size: 8 1/4 inches long by 5 1/2 inches high by 5 1/4 inches wide. Price: $225.
RR-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful Talavera plate with exquisite artwork, Puebla, c. 1950's. The artwork features a beautiful bird amidst plants and flowers. The painting is crisp and very intricate. Condition is excellent. Size: 13 3/4 inches wide handle to handle (11 1/4 inches diameter, not including handles). Price: $425.
RR-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful rectangular, black-ware dish with very fine artwork, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The scene on the black-ware dish features a woman on a burro, accompanied by a man walking with his staff. Some think that this particular scene (which can also sometimes be found on plates or chargers from this period) represents the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage pottery and folk-art. Condition is very good. Size: 11 1/4 inches long by 10 1/4 inches wide by 2 1/16 inches high or deep. Price: $525.
QQ-16: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful burnished candle-holder, Tonala, Jalisco, c. 1950-60's. The artwork on the candle-holder is extremely fine and beautiful. It is signed on the bottom, "Solis." The Solis family of Tonala is very well-known, especially for their lovely burnished banks in the shape of a human head and face. Condition is very good. Size:
13 1/4 inches high by 5 1/4 inches wide at the widest part. Price: $165.
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-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a wonderful petatillo water-jar and cup with beautiful artwork, Tonala or Talquepaque, Jalisco c. 1930's. The piece is attributed to the great Balbino Lucano, although it is not signed. Petatillo refers to the very fine hatch-work pattern of the background of the jar and cup, resembling a finely woven straw mat (petate, in Spanish). Condition is excellent. Size: 8 inches high by 6 inches wide at the widest part. Price: $325.
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-3: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics and Mexican vintage folk-art, a wonderful bank in the form of a lovely Mexican woman, c. 1940's. The woman's face is very serene and beautiful, and the doll-bank has great patina. The piece is typical of vintage pottery from the state of Michoacan. Condition is very good given its age. This is a wonderful piece of vintage Mexican folk-art! Size: 11 1/2 inches high by 4 1/2 inches wide by 3 inches deep (front to back). Price: $300.
OO-9: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a black-ware bowl with a tri-pod base, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The bowl has a very graceful and beautiful form, and the artwork on the bowl is very sharp and intricate. The central design is a wonderful celebration of Mexican rural life featuring a Mexican campesino and his trusty burro, amidst lovely plants and foliage. Condition is excellent. Size: 12 1/4 inches diameter by 4 inches high including the three feet. Price: $850.
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.
OO-14: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics and Mexican vintage folk-art, a lovely pottery figurine depicting a lovely woman with a basketl, Tonala or Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The woman's face is incredibly beautiful. This is a great piece of Mexican vintage pottery and folk-art!
Condition is very good. Size: 8 3/4 inches high by 9 1/2 inches wide by 8 inches deep (front to back). Price: $325.
NN-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely Tlaquepaque pottery figurine of a seated woman with her jarron (large pottery water jar), Tlaquepaque, c. 1920's. The woman is dressed in traditional Mexican clothing, and she is extremely pensive and beautiful! Condition is excellent. Size: 5 1/4 inches high by 4 1/16 wide by 4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $125.
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-1: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely petatillo plate with graceful doves, attributed to the great potter and folk artist Balbino Lucano, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930's. The petatillo (cross-hatching in the background, resembling a straw mat or petate) and the artwork are spectacular. This is a remarkable piece of vintage Mexican folk art by on of the greatest artists of Tonala/Tlaquepaque. The back is marked with the address of Balbino Lucano's gallery in Tlaquepaque. Condition is excellent. Size: 10 inches diameter. Price: $350.
LL-4: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics and Mexican vintage folk art, a beautifully formed and decorated tree of life from Metepec, c. 1950's. The candelabra depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, being tempted by a wily serpent with the apple in mouth.
The work is detailed and very fine, and the decorations are colorful and extremely beautiful. Condition is excellent. Size: 15 1/4 inches high by 15 inches wide near the middle, by 4 1/4 inches diameter across the base.
SOLD. Thank you!
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: $2200.
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-7: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a set of four mugs with petatillo backgrounds and wonderful artwork, attributed to the famous artist, Balbino Lucano, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, c. 1930. The mugs feature scenes of Mexican campesinos, one of whom is sipping the juice of an agave cactus through a straw, a wonderful burro, and beautiful plants and scenery. These are a discerning collector's dream!
SOLD. Thank you!
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-2: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful petatillo bowl with two handles and scenes of a donkey and graceful herons, attributed to Balbino Lucano late in his life, Tonala, c. 1940. The scenes are dramatic and beautiful. This is a unique piece of pottery by one of the most famous potters of post-revolutionary Mexico. Condition is excellent. Size: 5 1/2 inches diameter (not including handles) by 3 inches high. Price: $275.
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-4: Mexican vintage pottery and folk art, a beautiful "tree of life" with birds and flowers, attributed to the late Heriberto Castillo, father of the very famous Alfonso Castillo, Izucar de Matamoros, c. 1950. The tree of life is extremely graceful in form and very colorfully decorated. Condition is good. Size: 13 1/4 inches high by 9 1/2 inches wide near the middle. It is 4 1/4 inches diameter across the base. Price: $245.
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.
AA-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a talavera tile from Puebla, c. 1940's. The tile is hand-painted with a scene of Don Quixote, the Man of La Mancha, mounted on his horse and holding his lance. He is headed toward a joust with a distant windmill.
Condition is excellent. Size: 5 1/4 inches square. Price: $185.
Z-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a Talavera vase from Puebla, c. 1940. Beautiful blue designs of the double-headed Hapsburg eagle, a wonderful plant with a flower, and a beautiful pomegranate (granada).
Condition is excellent. Size: 9 inches high by 5 inches wide (3 3/4 inches diameter across the mouth). Price: $375.
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.
V-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a lovely talavera vase from Puebla, c. 1930's. Wonderfully formed and painted, and fired multiple times, this is an outstanding piece of talavera.
The artwork is extremely beautiful. Puebla is world-famous for its talavera ceramics, and this is a great example! Condition is excellent. Size: 7 1/4 inches tall by 4 1/2 inches diameter at shoulder (3 1/2 inches diameter at mouth). Price: $185.
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.
P-6: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics and Mexican vintage folk art, a clay figure of Mexican artist Diego Rivera, Barrio de Luz, c. 1940. Diego was married to the also famous artist, Frida Kahlo. This pottery piece is very well done and is a wonderful piece of Mexican folk art. Given the age of the piece, it does show some wear, which only adds to the very life-like appearance of Diego. Size: 9 3/4 inches tall by 4 1/4 inches wide by 3 inches deep (front to back). Price: $275.
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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