Vintage OAXACA MEXICAN CERAMIC FOLK ART Similar To Bertha Blanco Nunez
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:16976033 | Handmade: Yes |
| Provenance: Ownership History Not Available | Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico |
| Featured Refinements: Vintage Mexican Folk Art |
Three (3) vintage figures of females with 3D clay appliqué of pots or delicate floral or animal appliqué. These figures are very similar to Bertha Blanca Nunez or Teodora Blanca's work which is distinguished by the creation of female and fantasy figures, profusely decorated with finely shaped bits of clay that are placed over the figure's main body. These three figures are not signed, I acquired them at an estate sale where I acquired a couple of... 'Blanco' signed pieces.They are In excellent vintage condition with very minor signs of wear due to age. A wonderful addition to your Mexican folk art collection! The 12" figure is signed BBN MeasurementsFigure holding baskets is 7 1/2" tall x 5" wide. Figure holding fish is 6" tall x 4" wide.Figure with hands on cheeks is 4 1/4" tall x 2" wide.Teodora Blanco Núñez (b. February 28, 1928 - d December 23, 1980) was an artisan in Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico who created her own style of decorative ceramics that influenced the potters of her generation and those after in the region. The traditional ceramic of Atzompa has a green glaze, but that of Blanco Núñez is of natural beige and/or a reddish color from the clay. Her work is distinguished by the creation of female and fantasy figures, profusely decorated with finely shaped bits of clay that are placed over the main body. The style has since been imitated and reinterpreted by others in the region including various members of her own family including well known Bertha Blanco Núñez.
