Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy so of course I scooped

so of course I scooped it up immediately

The year 1855 appears on one plate

but there are 10 yellow and 10 brown and 10 speckled

so I think most likely he was always a part of it

This one was pretty finely but not fussily done

Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy so of course I scoopedI 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