Saved from the Firing Squad, Mexican Folk Art Retablo on Tin Dated 1935 handprinted lacquer bowl This one I believe is

This one I believe is late 19th century and made of cotton flour sack type fabric

It retains its original rich blue paint

Such a sweet

meaning that all those many many chip carved bits are small in scale and were very precisely laid

Saved from the Firing Squad, Mexican Folk Art Retablo on Tin Dated 1935 handprinted lacquer bowl This one I believe isI am always on the hunt for great ex voto retablo beautiful antique ones, but also unusual, folky 20th century examples, the more singular and specific the scenario the better. The scenario depicted here is about as real and intense and urgent as it gets, with these two blindfolded figures in black and white facing a firing squad of men in green. There are really two heroines here the woman in red at top left delivering a last minute pardon, and the