Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy and just the most sparely

and just the most sparely carved features on the face

but there are 10 yellow and 10 brown and 10 speckled

The glazing is great too--a purplish-gray that is subtle but cheerful

This one was pretty finely but not fussily done

The year 1855 appears on one plate

Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy and just the most sparelyI found a great fungus conk pyrographed with an owl a month or two ago by the same maker that signed this one, both of which I purchased from the same dealer. As with that one, I love how this flying game bird, a pheasant I would guess, looks rather as if it emerged from the fungus conk itself, always there, and as roughly rendered as the craggy back side of the conk. I also like that it can be displayed sitting up, face front, or on its back, face