Fabulous Old Folk Art Retablo with Man Tumbling Down Stairs legs A beautiful and beautifully constructed

A beautiful and beautifully constructed object

5 1/8" tall x 3 3/4" diameter

and quite fond of our woman "Looking for something which never arrives" too

the patient work of the oxen

and the carved out eye holes

Fabulous Old Folk Art Retablo with Man Tumbling Down Stairs legs A beautiful and beautifully constructedThis may be my favorite ex voto retablo I've had in the shop, in significant part because it is such a singular one! I love the way it is divided into three distinct sections, almost like cells on a storyboard reading from right to left, beginning with this tragic but very charmingly depicted figure tumbling from ornate, gold painted staircase, hat flying down ahead of him! I really love the kneeling, praying figure at center, too, giant candle before