Wonderful Native American Warrior Painting on Log Slice, 1938 German cutout wooden figures such is life

such is life

Meissen produced a number of series of monkeys (most famously playing musical instruments) that very closely resemble this one

I'd use this for coffee as well as tea

It measures 6 1/2" tall x 10 1/4" wide with spout (just the body measures 7 1/4" wide) and 3 1/2" deep with handle (just the body measures 2 1/2" deep

though it's also great piled up on itself to form a sort of a heap

Wonderful Native American Warrior Painting on Log Slice, 1938 German cutout wooden figures such is lifeI love this so much, in some part because the painting was done on a slice of log, with bark still on the sides, but even more so because I think the painting itself is just terrific very tender, wonderfully folky, and how both handsome and deeply empathetic this warrior appears! Best of all I think is how the fingers of the hand of his raised arm extend all the way to the edge of the wood as if gripping the rim (while also giving a what feels like a