Carved Wooden Man Holding Barrel smiling bear in large part as a

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beautiful speckled brown glaze on the exterior and black on the interior

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Carved Wooden Man Holding Barrel smiling bear in large part as aThis roughly carved little man is carrying a heavy load, made all the more burdensome by the fact that he has lost his feet! Perhaps he was once part of a larger situation, extricated only by cutting him off at the ankles which was done a but unevenly, such that he needs to lean against something in order to stand. But what a great figure I think he is, with these fine features, square shoulders, muscled arms and huge hands with individuated fingers