The image displays a collection of ceramic figures displayed on white shelves in front of a stone wall
Amorim🇵🇹🇱🇺 avatar
Amorim🇵🇹
Barcelos, Portugal
$0.00total USD

License & Usage

This media is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to share and adapt it for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you provide attribution.


Credit this media:
"The image displays a collection of ceramic figures displayed on white shelves in front of a stone wall" by Amorim🇵🇹🇱🇺, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Copy includes links when pasted into rich editors.

Memory Details and Interactions

The image displays a collection of ceramic figures displayed on white shelves in front of a stone wall

BarcelosPortugal

The image displays a collection of ceramic figures displayed on white shelves in front of a stone wall. In the foreground, two larger figures are positioned on the top shelves. The figure on the left is a woman in traditional attire, wearing a red dress with intricate patterns, a white blouse, and a red headscarf. She has jewelry and a tag attached to her dress. The figure on the right is a man wearing a black top hat, a white shirt with red heart details, a black vest, and a red sash around his waist. He also has a tag attached to his clothing. On the lower shelves, several smaller figures are visible. One figure on the left is a man playing an accordion. Another figure further down is partially visible and appears to be a woman in traditional clothing. On the right lower shelf, two figures are depicted as musicians, one with a trumpet and the other with a guitar-like instrument. These figures are brightly colored and appear to be in a playful, cartoonish style. The background consists of a textured stone wall made of large, roughly hewn grey stones. Above the figures, a white panel with text is mounted on the wall. The text appears to be in Portuguese and reads "muito alta de quanta . . . (. . . in Memórias P. . . uiais de 1758, B.". The presence of the Barcelos Rooster (Galo de Barcelos) is implied by the context of these figures, as Barcelos is famously known for this handicraft, and these figures likely represent traditional Portuguese folk art or local characters. The style of the figures, particularly the male figure with the hat and the female figure in traditional dress, is characteristic of the folk art found in Barcelos.