Gorgeous Yellow Painted Sculptural Tin Frame, with Glass 80s ceramics I want to see a

I want to see a whole wall of them

This large earthenware slip-painted vessel has an incredible presence and physicality that make it feel like a very special object indeed

I really like how they all swirl together on the page

early-mid 19th c

Chips measure approx 11/16" in diameter

Gorgeous Yellow Painted Sculptural Tin Frame, with Glass 80s ceramics I want to see aYum. Photos do this frame no real justice. I purchased it one from my favorite dealer in the Hudson River Valley and am rather obsessed with it. Made of tin, which appears quite old, I believe it is Mexican, likely made to house a retablo. The curled tin on each side makes it a very sculptural thing with great objecthood just right for a retablo of a saint or the Madonna herself, as if unfurling to reveal a vision from the heavenly world. The form and