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Master Potter Alfonso Castillo Orta from Izucar de Matamoros, created this handsome charro skeleton with turkey.

Don Alfonso was granted Mexico's most prestigious award, Premio Nacional de  Ciencias y Artes in 1996.

This piece is wonderfully crafted and painted with Don Alfonso's impeccable attention to detail.

5" Tall   2½" Wide 2½" Deep
Signed by the Artist.

 

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