Mata Ortiz Cultural Folk Art - Bird on Skull - 2024 Award Winner As Alchemía is not plated

As Alchemía is not plated gold

there are bold and sharply contrasting colors of the different internalization that occurred inside the coral

An acrylic stand is included though some sort of more substantive stand would be appropriate

The inside surface where the living coral resided  has been transformed to butterscotch chalcedony with splashes of white and spots of blue/gray

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Mata Ortiz Cultural Folk Art - Bird on Skull - 2024 Award Winner As Alchemía is not platedMata Ortiz Cultural Folk Art This is the zenith of Seor Tomas Quintanas work. Before going any further, though, the first point to make is there are two areas which were broken and repaired. If you are still interested, please read on. Seor Quintana won the Mata Ortiz Concurso 2024* 3rd Place Red Ribbon Mata Ortiz Cultural Folk Art for this piece. It would have sold before the breaks for over $700. Because of the repairs, I am asking $425. There are