Handpainted biscuits, Christkindelsmarkt (Christ Child's Market) (Christmas market) , Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Handpainted pastries and lebkucken (honey cakes), Christkindelsmarkt, (Christ Child's Market) (Christmas Market), Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The church Igreja Sao Lourenco de Matos, Almancil, ceiling with blue handpainted tiles, azulejos, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Historic handpainted Armenian manuscript, book page, Matenadaran Museum, Yerevan, Jerewan, Armenia, Asia

Historic handpainted Armenian manuscript, book page, Matenadaran Museum, Yerevan, Jerewan, Armenia, Asia

Historic handpainted Armenian manuscript, book page, Matenadaran Museum, Yerevan, Jerewan, Armenia, Asia

Handpainted advertisment for a bar, Sevan, Armenia, Asia

Thailand, Nakhon Pathom, detail of many colorful handpainted umbrellas overlapping

Nazca Culture 100-700 AD ceremonial ceramic beaker with falcon markings in the Collection the Art Institute of Chicago, Peru

Inca vase or Aryballos, Classic design, c 1400 to 1532AD, from near Cuzco, in the collection of the Chicago Art Institute, Peru

Precolumbian Ceramics Mochi Culture a ceramic stirrup-spout vase from 100-800 BC handpainted with figure that is part human and part bird, Peru

Precolumbian Ceramics Nazca Culture, 200-800AD vase showing a mother giving birth with mythical portraits in the collection of the Museo Amano, Lima, Peru

Ceramic figures and churches are examples of the varied folkart to be found in the handicraft market in Miraflores, Lima, Peru