Flurry of Chickens, Beautiful Old Snaphot Photo underglaze blue it measures 6 1/4" tall

it measures 6 1/4" tall x 4 1/4" across at widest

with the wax of his face having aged to nearly black

The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues

but they are near black and in very good shape

Flurry of Chickens, Beautiful Old Snaphot Photo underglaze blue it measures 6 1/4" tallThough with face is pretty much entirely obfuscated by the flurry, looks to me like the human here is holding a bucket of feed, and likely has some in their cupped and extended hand too. Having spent a couple of years on a farm feeding chickens and other farm animals (goats are the craziest!), I think there is really nothing else quite like that moment of arriving with food for the flock for me, always a heart racing mix of panic and pleasure as one