#wingedserpent hashtag - Bluesky

@umbra-daiwrfol.bsky.social

9 months ago

Finished the Flying serpent! Like I previously said, I decided to go with the colour of a harpy eagle, that's why I called it a Flying serpent and not a Quetzacoalt.

#Art #Artwork #FlyingSerpent #Quetzalcoalt #Wingedserpent #Wingedsnake #Dragon

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Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

11 months ago

A magnificent and very rare one of a kind vintage 1950s handmade metales casados (married/mixed metals) 6 color copper brass and silver pre-Columbian inspired Mexican modernist Aztec Quetzalcoatl winged-serpent/dragon design pitcher from Taxco, and with the matching and elaborate mixed metals stir spoon. Perfect for an elegant cocktail party, or to celebrate in style! An incredible find, and probably one of the most elaborate and superbly crafted pitchers that I have run across or seen anywhere in my 45+ year career! A masterpiece of mid century metales casados craftsmanship in Taxco! Quetzalcoatl was the Aztec god of light, life, the wind, wisdom and learning, and the arts and crafts. A flying serpent, he is the Aztec equivalent of a dragon, and is depicted in five colors of metal. He is shown with his tongue protruding which in pre-Columbian cultures often was a ritualistic gesture signifying fertility. In six shades of metal, both dark and light copper, brass, and three shades of silver! The Quetzalcoatl serpent/dragon stretches around the outer circumference of the pitcher at the middle against a background of copper, with bands of silver at bottom, and brass at top, and with a dark silver spout. The top of the pitcher is copper, and the handle is in copper and brass. The elaborate three color metal stir spoon is in silver, copper and brass. The pitcher measures 9-5/8" tall by 6-1/2" from handle to tip of the spout by 4-1/2" diameter at top. The spoon measures 12-3/4" long by 1-1/4" wide. The pitcher is marked only "Taxco Mexico", and is no doubt a one of a kind creation likely a special commission, and could be the work of only one of the top taller in Taxco due to the superlative craftsmanship. I'm guessing it's a product of the Victoria taller, but unfortunately any documentation has been lost over the years. Excellent vintage condition.

A one of a kind vintage 1950s handmade metales casados in six colors of metal Mexican modernist Quetzalcoatl the Winged Serpent pitcher and stir spoon set.

Available...

www.rubylane.com/item/1879775...

#oneofakind #metalescasados #pitcher #quetzalcoatl #aztec #precolumbian #wingedserpent #mexico