Praying Couple and Santo Nino: Antique Mexican Folk Art Ex Voto Retablo on Tin antique chinese expost and also just as a

and also just as a sculptural object

with a carved circle detail at the very top

it is just the momentum from their forward motion that causes the arms to swing

after buying and selling a couple of others a few months ago--this one of a bronze gazelle found at Ercolana (Herculaneum)

I usually leave old stuffed animals to the experts as I know next to nothing about them

Praying Couple and Santo Nino: Antique Mexican Folk Art Ex Voto Retablo on Tin antique chinese expost and also just as aIt's been a little while since I've had a ex voto retablo painting in the shop they seem to be getting evermore precious and hard to come by so I was especially glad to find this beauty in southern Maine this week. Perfectly succinct but full of feeling, with all focus on the thankful couple kneeling beside their simple bed, praying to the Santo Nio de Atocha (Christ child) who floats on a cloud at upper left. Wonderfully painted figures I especially