Big Chunky Carved Whimsy with Links an Ball in Cage 1930s matte green vase With a smartly organized composition

With a smartly organized composition

while Stella in profile looks out into the distance rather like a proud figurehead at the bow of a ship sailing to sea

with a satisfying tension between positive and negative space and between the larger and smaller black forms

and what is with this giant hand she is holding out toward him

and exposed clay on the interior and bottom

Big Chunky Carved Whimsy with Links an Ball in Cage 1930s matte green vase With a smartly organized compositionThis carved whimsy is quite the opposite of refined, which is much of what I love about it, plus the fact that both end pieces can be stood up, with the two links crossed above them, making it perfect for sitting like a sculpture on a shelf. It's big and chunky 16 1 4" inches long when stretched out and 1 5 8 inches wide and deep and the ball makes a nice rattle in its cage when shaken! It would be good hung on the wall by one of the links, too.