Tiny Ceramic Figure on Horseback, Presumed Chinese scorpio it works summer to winter

it works summer to winter and with everything--I think it would be the perfect piece to wear with jeans and a t-shirt while throwing a pot or with a breezy linen dress to a farm-to-table dinner

terrifically beautiful

The lid is slightly bent in one place

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee

Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been presented in Dublin

Tiny Ceramic Figure on Horseback, Presumed Chinese scorpio it works summer to winterIm so intrigued by this tiny clay figure on horseback, which measures all of about one inch tall. At first the style of the horse made me think It might be Italian, but Ive since found that it bears a strong resemblance to ancient Chinese archers and warriors on horses, and the figures costume particularly seems to suggest Chinese. At some point it must have been glued to a base or part of some larger scenario, as there are a few bits of paper stuck