Michael Lambert "Java Jig" Black Glazed Porcelain Sugar Bowl antique Indian box This charming papier-mâché sculpture of

This charming papier-mâché sculpture of Asian girl and lion-dog I believe is mid-century Japanese

The fork measures 25 1/2 inches long

glossy surface and turns black on exposure to air

At first I took this small vase with its terrific patterning as an Art Deco piece

It makes me think of an illustration in a French or Spanish text book used for teaching vocabulary

Michael Lambert "Java Jig" Black Glazed Porcelain Sugar Bowl antique Indian box This charming papier-mâché sculpture ofI love how this 1980s Java Jig porcelain sugar bowl by California ceramicist Michael Lambert (b. 1967) manages to feel totally cartoonish (I keep thinking it is actually going to start signing and dancing) but also pretty classy. Lambert who studied at College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the Richmond Art Center, then opened his own studio in 1976 in Santa Cruz created several different series of "dancing" coffee pots, sugar bowls and creamers in