In Bed, with Santiago Matamoro (St. James the Moor Slayer), Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin basket of peaches with just one very tiny

with just one very tiny nick in the  the wood on the highest-relief tip of the anchor on the right side

and is to my eye a pretty perfect vessel--earthy and also really elegant

and I must say just looking at these makes me want to head to the beach

8 3/4" x 6 1/8

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In Bed, with Santiago Matamoro (St. James the Moor Slayer), Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin basket of peaches with just one very tinyAs you know by now, I've always got an eye out for old retablos, good in so many different ways, this one purchased from a seller in California and which really won me for the wonderful handling of the architecture of the space our bed ridden man inhabits; that perspectively rendered striped ceiling and bricked floor totally do it for me. And then the appearance of Santiago Matamomo (St. James the Moor Slayer), who I don't see too often! (Santiago