Very Folky Carved and Painted Bird on Base m. reich suggesting perhaps an annual ritual

suggesting perhaps an annual ritual

boat-shaped Japanese pottery bowl is a study in contrasts

and screwed to the flat base

still attached to the hide)

Signed on the bottom but illegible

Very Folky Carved and Painted Bird on Base m. reich suggesting perhaps an annual ritualA curious little bird, purchased from a dealer at Brimfield who is a consistently good source of curious carved things and because I love birds of every ilk. The carved beak on this one looks very ready to do some pecking, and I like its big silver painted eyes, and the folky awkwardness of the whole thing, resting on its bulge of a belly. Painted in a combination of dark red and gold and black that feels a bit reminiscent of grain painting, and with