Seated Woman with Scarf, Vintage Amateur Clay Sculpture matte green glaze and few small stains

and few small stains

as there is another layer of brown hair peeking out at the back of his neck

and then 1917

The wooden crosses--one stained green on both sides

with just the right amount of whittling to make it smooth and useful

Seated Woman with Scarf, Vintage Amateur Clay Sculpture matte green glaze and few small stainsI have a dealer collector friend who refers to amateur ceramic sculpture as "lumpy clay" and collects figures of that ilk. This unglazed clay woman has some of that aspect to her for sure, and was definitely made by an amateur, maybe a young student. But I also find her rather elegant, and wonderfully posed poised with those slab like legs feet revealed at the end of her skirt making it feel as though she's very firmly grounded and forever planted,