19th Century Mexican Jose de Arimatea y Nicodemo Retablo #18 hand formed aluminum cube bead strand and the second hardest gemstone

and the second hardest gemstone after Diamond

Pearls are formed inside mollusks such as oysters and mussels

19th Century Mexican La Sombra de San Pedro Retablo de Augustin Barajas- "The Skimpy Painter"

however the Female Soul was generally more common

5" long and

19th Century Mexican Jose de Arimatea y Nicodemo Retablo #18 hand formed aluminum cube bead strand and the second hardest gemstone19th Century Mexican Jose de Arimatea y Nicodemo Retablo Late 19th Century Original Retablo Oil Painting on Tin created in Mexico. Retablo dimensions are approx. 7 inches horizontal x 10 inches vertical. Condition: in poor, original condition with some minor paint loss acquired over more than a century of use and devotional prayer. A rare folk retablo painting, oil on heavy gauge tin, depicting Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus who were present at