Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy He is fairly light in

He is fairly light in weight and seems perhaps to have been carved from driftwood

and just the most sparely carved features on the face

so I think most likely he was always a part of it

but often one sees porcelain manufactured in one country and decorated in another

so of course I scooped it up immediately

Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy He is fairly light inI found a great fungus conk pyrographed with an owl a month or two ago by the same maker that signed this one, both of which I purchased from the same dealer. As with that one, I love how this flying game bird, a pheasant I would guess, looks rather as if it emerged from the fungus conk itself, always there, and as roughly rendered as the craggy back side of the conk. I also like that it can be displayed sitting up, face front, or on its back, face