Ceramic Elephant Vessel--or is it a Dinosaur??! folk carving but overall in very good

but overall in very good condition

is wonderfully worn with a fantastic reddish-brown patina and a great straight handle

who appear absolutely delighted with themselves and one another

especially of curves

Ceramic Elephant Vessel--or is it a Dinosaur??! folk carving but overall in very goodWhat I think is so brilliant about this little sculptured ceramic vessel with handle is that if you look at it one way, it's an elephant, with long and curving trunk, but if you look at it another way, the tip of that trunk is actually the small head of a long necked dinosaur! This little creation just makes me smile every time I look at it. I'm not quite sure how it was intended to be used, as the trunk is not a spout, but I think it would make a