One of the country's best dealers in Spanish Colonial art is right here in Santa Monica, CA. Jim Caswell has been plying his trade with an artist's eye (also an accomplished sculptor) for longer than he probably cares to remember, but that's a good thing for us. In addition to his consistently great santos, retablos and ex-votos, every once and a while he'll source other unusually great pieces from other parts of the world.
Here's some great new pieces that he currently has in stock.
Historia's Description: A very unusual exvoto/milagro from the north of Brazil. This would have been used to seek a cure for an ailment or left in a chapel as an act of thanks for receiving the miracle of health. As far as we know these breast carvings are unique to Brazilian Catholicism.
Historia Description: A unique carved exvoto/milagro from the north of Brazil. This would have been used to seek a cure for an ailment or left in a chapel as an act of thanks for receiving the miracle of health. This ex-voto is so poignant, showing the sweetly smiling face of a woman who must have survived a double-mastectomy, judging from the scar across her chest. Custom mounted on metal stand.Go to his website for even more: http://historia-antiques.com/
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