Painted Small Relief Carved Portrait of Boy with (Upside down) Teddy Bear leaf-shaped with these beautifully bold hand-painted

with these beautifully bold hand-painted black capital letters against white painted ground

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I haven't unrolled it to measure the length

This glaze appears again on the interior as halo-like outlines for the acidic blue-green hyroglyph-like decoration

as which also might relate to the lone flag planted at the center of the painting

Painted Small Relief Carved Portrait of Boy with (Upside down) Teddy Bear leaf-shaped with these beautifully bold hand-paintedI like this one for its folky strangeness, and for the fact that it was most definitely carved after a photograph, right down to the fact that this young boy holds his (wonderfully awkward) teddy bear upside down! I also like that this buttoned up boy looks as much like a grown man as he does a young child to me appearing as if well on his way to become a suburban banker, or an accountant though I always root for surprises, and he does look a but as