Fabulous Vintage Raku Pottery Face Vessel with Wagging Tongue Signed MB shaving mug and a hole in his

and a hole in his back for a dowel

but reads very clearly as a skull

from the details of his cap and upturned collar to the cane she holds

no notable dings or other issues

Brooklyn NY c

Fabulous Vintage Raku Pottery Face Vessel with Wagging Tongue Signed MB shaving mug and a hole in hisThere'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