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Art Deco Watercolor Pirate Tango 1930s signed
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Pre 1930 item# 332222
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El Alcazar
Tel.787-723-1229 Fax.787-725-0248
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Lovely, colorful Art Deco watercolor of couple dancing tango--male dressed as pirate-female in Spanish flamenco dress-ca 1930s-maybe Spanish revival-could be piece depicting costume design--bought at Freemans auction house in Philly in 1990-came recently from large Art Deco collection found in Puerto Rico-no condition problems-well framed-with good mat- painting signed with initials JD--16 by 15 inches-add 4.5 inches for frame and mat-----put a tango on and they start to dance
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18thc Italian Oil on Jasper-Balaam and His Ass
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Pre 1800 item# 300826
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El Alcazar
Tel.787-723-1229 Fax.787-725-0248
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Very special item--18TH century Italian oil painted on semi-precious stone-jasper-jasper is backed with slate--7 inches by 4.75 inches-add 2 inches for antique ebony frame and thin gilt filet-pencil writing on the back in Italian-cannot read--topic of this painting seldom found--Balaam and his ass--old testament-angel appears to Balaam riding a female jackass-Angel was sent by God to intercept Balaam who was going to cast a spell on Israelites-the ass can see the angel but Balaam cannot not-ass convinces Balaam not cast the spell because it was against gods law--so to circumvent gods law, Balaam advises the enemies of Israel to entice the Israeli forces into the city-provide women. wine and feed them meat prepared fot sacrifice to a pagan god---Israelis accepted invitation as result fell into stupors-apparently 24,000 were slaughtered---remember this is the old testament-same chronicle that brings you a man living in the belly of a whale and 900 year old men--some Jews cite the story as one of the first examples of anti semitism--this is a fascinating piece art- whether based on myth or fact is your call--no condition problems-well drawn-rare item
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