Fabulous Vintage Raku Pottery Face Vessel with Wagging Tongue Signed MB russian toy ready to lend himself to

ready to lend himself to all sorts of other situations

In addition to some black paint loss

productive life

Really a lovely box

along with a collection of Native  pieces he had collected during the same period

Fabulous Vintage Raku Pottery Face Vessel with Wagging Tongue Signed MB russian toy ready to lend himself toThere's a lot of folk art vessels with faces, jugs and otherwise, that are a little too much for me, but this I really love this one, raku fired, yielding a really rich, deep emerald green, which shows some irridescent blue from one side, more than the other. Playful with his tongue extended and meaning that any liquid poured into the vessel would come spilling out the mouth! but also with a sort of sophistication to it and an almost brutalist