Artesania Rinconada "Classic Collection" Tiger, Uruguayan, 1970s primitive box I love this little drawing

I  love this little drawing

combining Pre-Columbian inspiration with a modernist sensibility

6ʺW × 6ʺD × 5

and terrific little stars inside of squares carved in the handle

Artesania Rinconada "Classic Collection" Tiger, Uruguayan, 1970s primitive box I love this little drawingI didn't know anything about Artesania Rinconada ceramic animals when I found this tiger, but I've since learned that there was quite a menagerie of them, the creation of t Uruguayan twin brothesr Jesus and Javier Carbajales, who launched their production in 1972 in Montevideo. Spanish born (the brothers moved to Uruguay with their family after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil war in 1936), they give their collection of animal creations a Spanish