Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed I grew up with a

I grew up with a horse-headed pottery vessel similar to this one

with its wonderful red and white striped pattern animated with geishas and parasols

Pretty great just hung on the wall though

at which point we couldn't reach for the nutcrackers fast enough

I think I'd keep it on the kitchen counter to  use all of the time

Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed I grew up with aSuch a funny little fellow! And a pretty great one I think, not very skillfully whittled, but full of personality! The painted face, and especially the bleeding blue and black of the eyes, keeps reminding me of the work of the late great Joyce Pensato; like her paintings of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, this little doll feels decidedly animate. And while the cloth pants legs feel a bit secondary, I think they are actually the perfect thing; awkward