Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture hanging frames and studied fresco painting at

and studied fresco painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in France--later painting a series of WPA funded murals in the U

) Not a perfectly round piece among them

This huge old whimsy is about the size of a rolling pin

with a little loss to the threading further down

I purchased this from a seller in Italy representing Pancaldi's estate

Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture hanging frames and studied fresco painting atI think this bear is a charmer, with a great, bold presence and also, with these elegantly pointing legs, ears and nose, a lot of grace. He's solid clay, with a warm, shiny brown glaze on his belly and great reactive black glaze on his back, which gives him a sort of Brutalist feel, too. Signed (incised) on the bottom of his feet John M. Turner. I might guess 1970s or so but am really not certain. Standing dimensions: 7 3 4" tall x 4 1 2" w x 4 5 8"