Hand Sculpted Ceramic Bluebird, Signed wood and goat hair It measures 8 ¾” long

It measures 8 ¾” long and 2” across at widest

9 3/4" long x 3 3/4" tall x 3/16" thick

And in keeping with the dolphin design

"Burial dolls" have continued to be produced by contemporary indigenous and Mestizo cultures of the Andean region

and far more charming

Hand Sculpted Ceramic Bluebird, Signed wood and goat hair It measures 8 ¾” longI haven't been able to find out much of anything about this wonderful little baby bluebird, which I found at the estate sale of an actress and philanthropist in Brookline, MA, whose many fine and interesting things reinforce my believe that this is something pretty special! It bears some resemblance to the birds produced by Stangl Pottery in the mid 20th century, but I think is much better far looser (it looks positively abstract from certain angles),