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Technique: Hand-Painted
Fine Framed Japanese Painting of Samurais and Archers
Located in Greenwich, CT
refined Japanese brush painting of samurais and archers in the landscape, a section originally from a handscroll.
ink and color on silk. Cons...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Silk
American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic and substantial wood and iron wrench tool sign. Hand written fractions and original yellow paint. Very sturdy and well made. Great industrial workshop turned folk art. The ...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Kuba Bwoom Mask
Located in Austin, TX
Residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Kuba people are true artisans whose craftsmanship fueled traditional rituals, performances, and storytelling. Natural materials, in this case cowrie shells, hold a long history of use in African art often associated with beauty and spirituality. The Bwoom mask...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$648 Sale Price
64% Off
Articulated Cyclist Toy – Belgian Folk Art, Early 20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Articulated Cyclist Toy – Belgian Folk Art, Early 20th Century"
Early 20th Century Belgian Folk Art Articulated Cyclist Toy
Handcrafted Solid Wood — Rare Colonial-Era Subject — Mechanically Designed Pedaling Motion (Belt Missing)
Description
A rare and remarkable early 20th-century Belgian folk art toy, hand-carved entirely from solid wood, depicting a stylized Black cyclist mounted on a painted green bicycle. The figure is fully articulated and was originally designed with a mechanical belt-drive system (now absent) connecting the foot pedals to the rear wheel. When pushed forward, the toy was engineered to simulate a realistic cycling motion, animating the rider's legs in tandem with the rotation of the wheels.
Materials & Construction
Primary material: Solid wood (no plywood or laminates)
Figure & Bicycle: Fully carved, hand-painted in polychrome (green, red, black, ochre)
Mechanical features:
Jointed limbs designed to move with crankshaft motion
Metal-spoked wheels on rotating axles
Pulley attachment points for original belt-drive (belt now missing)
Dimensions:
Length: 53 cm
Height: 42 cm
Condition: Structurally intact; expected surface wear and patina consistent with age; belt mechanism missing but all original pulley points and joints remain.
Iconography & Cultural Context
The cyclist is depicted as a Black male figure in a red cap and outlined uniform, rendered in a simplified, expressive style typical of early folk toys. The toy likely reflects Belgium's colonial presence in the Congo during the early 20th century (Congo Free State until 1908, Belgian Congo from 1908–1960). Such depictions were common in Belgian visual culture of the time, often appearing in children's media, toys, and public exhibitions.
This toy offers not only mechanical charm but also serves as a historical document, reflecting period attitudes and visual language. It holds curatorial interest for ethnographic, toy history, and colonial-era cultural studies.
Dating & Attribution
Date: Circa 1900–1930
Origin: Likely Belgium
Style: Folk art, with vernacular mechanics and colonial subject matter
Comparison: Closely parallels German kinetic push toys...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting. c.1910
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th Century landscape oil painting. English. c.1910
Signed to bottom left - very skillfully painted landscape scene with fisherman and cottage.
Some very minor ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Indian Chief Painting Signed & Dated 1936
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing Indian Chief oil painting signed M.Soto & dated 1936. This amazing oil painting is in very good condition and has a great look.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Boxwood
Grain Painted Blanket Chest American
Located in Hudson, NY
Painted blanket chest with bracketed feet and beautiful saw tooth apron. Top with molded edge and stepped cleats. An absolute delight, this festive 18th century jewel...
Category
Late 18th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
Norwegian Folk Art Stump Chair with decoration, Norway 1850’s
Located in Valby, 84
A rare and evocative example of 19th-century Norwegian Folk Art, this stump chair from the 1850s features its original hand-painted decoration, making it a deeply personal and histor...
Category
1850s Norwegian Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1920s Original Tattoo Flash Sheet • Traditional American Design • As Found
Located in Lancaster, PA
A rare survivor from the early days of American tattooing, this original 1920s tattoo flash sheet features hand-drawn designs in pencil & colored pencil on paper. The imagery include...
Category
1920s Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Christmas Small Red Nutcracker, Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been their ho...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Peter Shire Signed Ceramic California Exp Studio Pottery Splatter Bowl, 1982
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and scarce work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) o...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Seascape with Lighthouse
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century seascape with lighthouse, circa 1890, an oil on canvas view of a white-washed lighthouse tower on a small offshore rocky ledge, most...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Navajo Picture Writing on Muslin, Six Weasel People with Two Lizard Guardians
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unknown
Navajo picture writing on muslin
Six Yeis With Two Water Creature Guardians
Muslin, mineral pigments, sand.
Navajo Medicine Man active 1947 - 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Other
Dutch Figural Peddler Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Dutch figural peddler clock is characterized by a male peddler dressed in a black topcoat and top hat, holding a clock in his right hand. His clothing is adorned with re...
Category
19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Lead
Signed Original Alexander Gore Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Original Alexander Gore oil on canvas painting. Beautiful abstract texture colors .signed by the artist.
Category
20th Century American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
19th C. Popcorn Maker Figural "Toasty Roasty" American, Circa 1893, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
In all original clothing and condition, this very rare Authentic "Punch" looking figural, of American manufacture, would have been atop a popcorn maker o...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Northwest Coast Bella Bella Carved Totem Pole
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest Coast Bella Bella totem pole. Portraying three finely carved masks above a bear with elongated tongue wrapping around face. Painted in colors of red, blue and black on natu...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique American Amusement Park Motorcycle Painted Carousel Carnival Ride 1940s
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American carnival amusement park, carousel motorcycle ride, from the late 1940s.
A fabulous late 1940s motorcycle carousel ride, the motorcycle body is made of wood and is ha...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Iron
D. HOUSE - 'Bottoms Up' - Watercolor & Colored Graphite - Canada - Late 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
D. HOUSE - 'Bottoms Up' - Vintage watercolor painting with colored graphite on watercolor paper - signed lower right - titled lower left - finished with three vintage contrasting bev...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Collection of Four Vintage Swedish Dala Horses by Nils Olsson, Sweden Folk Art
By Nils Olsson
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for a collection of four Swedish Dala Horses by Nils Olsson. These are hand carved painted wood. The larger one is approximate 6 3/4" high, 6 3/8" wide and 1 7/8" deep....
Category
1970s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
New Guinea, Papua Gulf, probably Minagoiravi, Wapo River, late 19th–early 20th century
H. 130 x W. 24.5 cm
Pro...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Large Black Swans
Located in New York, NY
A pair or large Italian carved wood swans with painted details and glass eyes. 1960’s.
Measurements:
Height: 20"
Length: 30"
Width: 10
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$12,000 / set
Dutch Ice Skating Oil on Canvas by Van Buiksloot
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a glorious piece of original Dutch art, namely, a scene of Dutch ice skating oil on canvas by Van Buiksloot.
J. Van Buiksloot was a Dut...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Peru Folk Art Pottery Clay Wicker Zoomorphic Bird Quinua Harvest Vase Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional vintage Peruvian folk art pottery harvest vase.
Hand-crafted in Peru, most likely Ayacucho region / Quinua, the South American primitive executed in distinct...
Category
20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery, Terracotta, Wicker
Early 20th Century Hand Painted Duck Decoy Antique, USA owned by Bob Tillbutt
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved and hand painted duck decoy is perfect for the collector. Well used by a previous hunter the paint has faded through time althoug...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,136 Sale Price
20% Off
Mexican Colorful Folk Art Ceramic Vase Tecuanes Dance Vessel
By Los Castillo
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Beautiful Mexican ceramic vase made with cooked clay and decorated with acrylic paint.
The vessel represents the traditional dance for the good...
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Clay
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign built with large dove-tails, advertising Cooperage and...
Category
1790s French Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Hand Painted Bluebill Rochester Duck Decoy Antique
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved and hand painted duck decoy is perfect for the collector. Well used by a previous hunter the paint has faded through time althoug...
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Viechtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird in Folk Art Birdcage Austria 1900s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird mounted in a birdcage for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th century...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Black Forest Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Early 20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas Landscape and Cattle. c.1910
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th century landscape oil painting. c.1910
Very skilfully painted landscape scene focusing on a herd of cattle.
Some very minor damage to the edges as pictured.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Stunning Modernist Architectural Rendering, Drawing by G.F.Hahn
Located in Buffalo, NY
Original MCM Pen and ink architectural study for a Palm Springs Residence (unbuilt). Framed and signed; J.H.Hahn, Reminiscent of the famed Dinah Shore hous...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Lead
Pair of Stunning Stump Carved and Painted Wood Chairs, French, circa 1970s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of stunning stump carved and painted wood chairs, French, circa 1970s. Wonderful form, modernist Art Deco inspired, originally purchased in France in the late 1970s, extremely h...
Category
1970s French Organic Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century English Lanscape Oil Painting - Signed Thomas Creswick RA
Located in London, GB
A large 19th century oil on canvas landscape oil painting. c.1852
Singed by the artist to the bottom left - T Creswick RA (1811-1869), inducted into the Royal Academy as a full me...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Lidya Buzio Signed New York Artist Hand Painted Pottery Ceramic Vessel Vase 1980
By Lidya Buzio
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and whimsical work by Uruguayan-born American ceramist Lidya Buzio. This work was done when she was at her most prolific during her time in New York in the 1970s/ 1980s. Buzio is best known for her uniquely hand painted scenes of New York rooftops...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Modernist Abstract Stacked Wood and Painted Sculpture "Bug" by Robert Brock
By Robert Brock
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract stacked wood and painted sculpture "Bug" by Robert Brock. Wonder color,,texture and proportion...Intricately designed, , signed BROCK 67
Brock was born in Tacoma, Ohio and was a graduate of the University of Dayton, Dayton Art Institute and Ohio University...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1930s Folk Art, Wood and Metal Airplane / Fan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Folk Art, wood and metal airplane / fan... amazing design, working motorized fan blade, hand build and hand painted.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1970's Nicaraguan Mask Folk Art
Located in Vancouver, BC
A traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza. These were worn in order to conceal one's identity.
It is a very un...
Category
1970s Nicaraguan Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
Farmer Made Wooden Hand Painted Swiss Wall Plate with Edelweiss and Flower Motif
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This wooden hand-painted Swiss wall plate, especially one likely made by a farmer, is a charming piece of folk art that reflects the rural traditions and everyday life of Switzerland...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Primitive Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentvwood Box with Original Paint Dated 1789
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Folk Art bentwood box from Harnesand Angermanland, Northern Sweden.
A fantastic Swedish Folk Art Bentvwood Box with Original Paint & floral painting.
Dated 178...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Elmer Crowell Pair of Over-Sized Mallard Decoys, circa 1920, with oval brands
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Pair of Special Order Over-Sized Mallard Decoys, by J. Elmer Crowell (East Harwich: 1862 - 1952), circa 1920, a working pair of rigmate Crowell d...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Goldfinch Viechtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th century w...
Category
1910s Austrian Black Forest Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Schooling Mackerel by Barnaby Porter, circa 1970's
Located in Nantucket, MA
Schooling Mackerel by Barnaby Porter, circa 1970s, a sculpture made from reclaimed wood on the mid-coast of Maine. Porter used old found wood to cut and hand paint these three mackerel "weathervanes," mounted together as a school - this was part of an original room-sized installation.
The sculpture is in excellent, as made "distressed" condition as shown in photographs.
Porter's work has been exhibited in the Farnsworth Museum and elsewhere and has been featured in the TV show, "Made in Maine', and in magazines such as Fine Woodworking...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Early 20th Century Handmade Folky Carved Menu Board Adirondack
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic old school menu board from the forties and in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Jagged edges with colorful writings for an upstate New York restaurant.
This is...
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Austrian Terracotta Buste Attributed to Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in Leuven , BE
Polychromed statue of Russian Dandy.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
19th C Original Painted Checkerboard Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C original painted checkerboard game board. Board has great Grungy paint. Great Pitina.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Hand Painted Polychrome Asian Buddha Head Bust on Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A large polychrome Buddha bust on an acrylic base. Stunning piece, wonderfully executed. From a larger collection of Asian artifacts and religious works. Would make a great centerpie...
Category
20th Century Asian Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
The Violin Player Painting Outsider Folk Artist Gloria Laposka
Located in South Burlington, VT
"Violin Player" Vibrant Colored Hand Painting
A framed oil painting on canvas panel by Self Taught Outsider Surrealist Folk Artist Gloria Antoinette Laposka (1922-2015)
Said Lapo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Continental Terracotta Slipware Decorated Dish, Signed, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage - Continental - clear glazed terracotta slipware baking dish - the terracotta ground decorated with a stylized flat fish in yellow slip - indistinc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Indian Hand Painted Brass Figural Gauri Head Sculpture Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of antique Indian hand-painted figural brass head religious sculptures.
Hand-crafted in the Maharashtra or Karnataka region of India in the late 19th / early 20th century, d...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Pair of beautiful Wood Carved Cherub Angel Heads, Vintage German, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair beautiful hand carved and hand painted cherub angel Heads, found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. Made by a woodcarver in the Oberammergau area, this area is well-know...
Category
1960s German Baroque Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Original Painted Game Board, Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted game board - signed and Dated 1935.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Paint
Ship In A Bottle Master Maker Painting Outsider Folk Artist Gloria Laposka
Located in South Burlington, VT
"Ship In A Bottle" Master Model Maker Vibrant Colored Hand Painting
A framed oil painting on canvas panel by Self Taught Outsider Surrealist Folk Artist Gloria Antoinette Laposka (...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Figure Wood Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Vintage wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Arts and Crafts Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental African Baga Bansonyi Wood Serpent Snake Sculpture on Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A monumental, very tall, quite engaging African Bansonyi serpent snake sculpture/ headdress/ mask by the Baga people who reside along the coast of Guinea Bissau.
The Baga snake...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
1950s Floral Ceramic Wall Plaque by Swedish Tilgmans
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Mid-Century Modern ceramic wall platter by Margit Lagerqvist for Swedish Tilgmans in 1957. Hand painted floral decor in white, yellow, orange, rose, light blue and green col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
$475 Sale Price
42% Off
Ancient American "Human Effigy" Stone Paint Pallet, Anasazi Culture 900 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
Early American Pre-Historic Human Effigy Stone Paint Pallet, Anasazi culture 900 AD
All stone carvings from America's Prehistoric southwest are scarce. The majority of known carved stones come from the
Mimbres, Hohokam or Casas cultures. So examples of stone carvings from the Anasazi culture
(circa 900–1300 AD) are rare especially human forms which are the rarest and some consider most desirable.
This pallet is likely unique.
The distinguishing characteristic of our paint pallet from the Anasazi culture is its creation from red sandstone- a material that was not used by
the Mimbres, Hohokam or Casas cultures.
Dimensions: 9.25 inches tall, 4.87 inches wide
Quality: it exhibits no less than seven distinct pigment colors on the surface. The obverse has a distinctive head with three dimensional eyes and nose; there are four horizontal bands of color: red, white, dark red/white and black. The center of the pallet has a distinctive white pigment and the border is executed in both red and black. There are two well-defined legs, one red and the other black, which terminate in distinctive feet. On the reverse we find in the center seven clearly defined concentric painted rings, each a different color.
Provenance: old New England collection
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our works of art come with our lifetime authenticity guarantee.
Our gallery has been dealing in authentic Native...
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15th Century and Earlier American Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
Vintage Mexican Ceramic Sculpture of Hatching Alligators Signed by Nacho Mejia
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Ceramic Sculpture of Hatching Alligators — Signed by Nacho Mejia, in the Style of Sergio Bustamante, 1980s
Keywords: Mexican folk art, Sergio Bustamante style, Nacho Mejia, Tonalá pottery, vintage ceramic sculpture, surrealist decor, collectible animal sculpture, handmade art, 1980s ceramics.
Bring a touch of surrealism and vibrant Mexican artistry to your collection with this whimsical 12-inch ceramic sculpture, crafted in Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico and signed by artist Nacho Mejia. Inspired by the fantastical style of Sergio Bustamante, this highly detailed piece depicts four baby alligators emerging from a cracked egg, a rare and imaginative scene rendered with playful drama.
Created in the 1980s, the sculpture is hand-sculpted and hand-painted, showcasing lifelike textures, rich green glazes, and intricate crack detailing on the eggshell that heightens its surreal, animated quality. The piece is signed on the base: "Nacho Mejia, Tonala Jal Mex", authenticating its origin and connection to the renowned Tonalá ceramics tradition.
Features:
* Vintage original, circa 1980s
* Handcrafted in Mexico
* Signed by artist: Nacho Mejia
* In the style of Sergio Bustamante
* Made of glazed, clay-based ceramic
* Surrealist folk art depiction of hatching crocodiles/alligatorsCollector Appeal:This one-of-a-kind work is ideal for collectors of Mexican folk art, Bustamante-style sculptures, or surrealist animal ceramics...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face, a wonderfully fabulous hairdo, and an original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows clear signs of previous stage use. Clearly original works.
Likely from the early 1900s.
Would make for a great addition to any Chinese artifacts...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Pair of Mashiko Yaki Japanese Mid-Century Studio Pottery Yunomi
Located in Norton, MA
A very stylish Japanese Mashiko Yaki studio pottery Yunomi with stylized designs in panels set within a brown glazed body in the manner of Shoji Hamada an...
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
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