Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture Yosegi Some ingrained dirt and age

Some ingrained dirt and age toning as pictured (especially on the nine) but really great condition

I believe it might originally have been a gate weight--perhaps for a church gate

9 1/2" diameter at lip

or keep on the coffee table just for making patterns

Sheet size is 5 1/8" x 7 3/8"

Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture Yosegi Some ingrained dirt and ageI know this piece is that it came from the estate of a dentist, who commissioned it specifically, and I am certain that it is by a Brazilian folk artist, possibly Manoel Eudocio. The maker definitely captured the drama of a dentist at work, including the stuff of a patient's nightmares, as red paint spills through her two big front teeth, and dots her nose as well! All of the details on this are great, with nothing forgotten, from sink to spitting