Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed And what a chair it

And what a chair it is

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

The wood framing is in very good condition

though I'm honestly not sure what the metal is

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

Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed And what a chair itSuch 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