Museum Wounaan Indian Hösig Di Orchid Flower Art Basket

Unique Museum quality piece exceptional quality and detail:

This is a very large and colorful basket with stylized motif of orchids, bird of paradise plants, butterflies and tropicals in bloom , leaves, intricate motifs and decorative band around the rim and gorgeous base, created by Magdalena. Absolutely perfect and so intricate and tight with a minute weave, museum quality artwork. Retail was $8,500.00 because of size and time it took to create, over 1 year. Compare for a lot more elsewhere! And then we are reducing it to 2,500.00 here as we are making room in the store. It is very large.

14" x 9" x 43".

We only buy the tightest, the best designs and the greatest color combinations, all museum quality. Silk stitch.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Capodimonte Porcelain Figurine signed Nico Venzo Girl from TobysArtAndBooks

Capodimonte Porcelain Figurine signed Nico Venzo Girl with Mandolin

This stunning figurine was purchased at the San Martino porcelain factory Italy in 1972 or 1973.
The artist who created her was Nico Venzo an Italian Artist born in 1930 or 1938 ( I have seen both years) Born in Caprese Italy he studied sculpture at the Academy of Venice.
It is signed on the back of the figurine as seen in photo number 5.
In photo number 4 you can see the Capodimonte Logo a Blue Crown with the Neapolitan N.
Capodimonte porcelain is considered the finest quality.
The bottom also has 0/120 normally this would mean limited edition and only 120 of these figurines were made.

Monday, March 7, 2011