Pair of Peruvian Shipibo Pottery Stacking Bowls with Faces - reserved for SS hand-painted porcelain with copper shield and woolen

with copper shield and woolen tunic

It measures 13 inches tall with a widest diameter of approximately 5

it makes sense that there would be a tradition in Japan of carving toads like this one that could be carried in a pocket—and surely this lovely little one would bring good fortune wherever he goes

he seems like he just wants to make friends

with patina to copper and minor cracking of wood (visible in face) consistent with age and adding character

Pair of Peruvian Shipibo Pottery Stacking Bowls with Faces - reserved for SS hand-painted porcelain with copper shield and woolenI just love this pair of Shipibo pottery bowls, each with a Janus like pair of faces, one on either side. Very thin walled, made of earthenware shaped by coil construction, and hand painted with wonderful all over maze like geometric patterns, these are quintessential examples of pottery made by the women of the Shipibo, an Indigenous people who live along the Ucayali River in the Amazon rainforest in Peru. Apparently, the patterns reference the