Wonderful Antique Folk Art Stoneware Bottle with Incised Figure and Bird for sale sign I think it is quite

I think it is quite a beautiful

those born in the year of the snake are deep thinkers

and quite an old one I believe

dates to the early 20th century

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Stoneware Bottle with Incised Figure and Bird for sale sign I think it is quiteThis 19th century salt glazed stoneware bottle is one of my favorite things ever, its surface incised with wonderfully naive, open mouthed figure with sticks for arms and legs and an equally wonderful bird, which the figure looks as if he's about to get on the back of and they'll fly away together. So much life and immediacy in the pair of them, which one imagines were etched into the clay with whatever pointy stick or tool was handy. Just the sort of