Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed with its wonderful red and

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

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

Pretty great just hung on the wall though

though I love the image and the mystery all the same

Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed with its wonderful red andSuch 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