Mid Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Bowl in Brilliant Color (Copy) mesh box with some minor rusting around

with some minor rusting around the edges

Tiny but huge

1870s or so I would guess--and this one as much a botanical study as a butterfly portrait

and was probably made as a weight of some sort (it resembles some mat weights and scroll weights

Mid Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Bowl in Brilliant Color (Copy) mesh box with some minor rusting aroundI found a few Mexican pottery bowls like this one a number of years ago and have had an eye out for more ever since, but have found them quite hard to find. What color! So joyful. Perfect on the counter or table or wherever. From Oaxaca I believe, c. 1960s, wheel thrown and hand painted. 6 3 4" d x 3" t and in good vintage condition. Some irregularities indigenous to the making, all to the good, and a couple of tiny surface chips to the interior,