Fantastic Old Folk Art Carved Cat with Painted Eyes figurative ceramic I've learned that it was

I've learned that it was made by Bernard Chaudron (b 1931 in Lille

and wonderfully detailed eyes

presented as if viewed through a microscope

The is a bit of irregularity to its form

Of substantial scale and heavy but hollow on the interior (made using a mold I believe) with a bright pink felt pad on the bottom

Fantastic Old Folk Art Carved Cat with Painted Eyes figurative ceramic I've learned that it wasI've had a few old carved cats with great folky faces in the shop, but this is for sure my favorite, and I think it is quite an old one. The stain is definitely original to the piece and has aged to yield a really wonderful surface with mustard yellow undertones, and then creamy white paint for the whites of the eyes, with big black painted pupils. I could look at this face all day, with the alert, carved out ears perfectly framing the long slope of a