Wonderful Antique Folk Art Carved and Painted Figure with Fishing Pole vintage Chinese horse One can never have enough

One can never have enough pretty small plates -- they're great for cocktail parties

Or it would make a stunning planter for a beautiful leafy green houseplant

A great gift for your favorite wine steward

This set of four includes the Brown Bear

I really love the big lush brushstrokes on this one--a great interplay of loose vertical and horizonal gestures

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Carved and Painted Figure with Fishing Pole vintage Chinese horse One can never have enoughI find this very old, small carved figure extraordinarily beautiful, equally in terms of form and fantastically aged surface, with pale yellow paint on the face and gorgeous blue green for the shirt, which still pops. I believe it was probably once part of a whirlygig, with a screw still in the base, which is nailed to the inside bottom of the legs, and via which it would have attached it to a larger structure. The upper body of the figure is attached