Emile Bluteau " Man and His Bear" Canadian Folk Art Sculpture Chinese canton 7" tall x 2 3/4"

7" tall x 2 3/4" widest

The platter measures 15" in diameter and 1 1/4" tall

Heavy and smooth

together with its arching tongue

invoking a smoke-filled haze (or smoke-induced hallucination

Emile Bluteau " Man and His Bear" Canadian Folk Art Sculpture Chinese canton 7" tall x 2 3/4"It seems quite Canadian that it should be a black bear rather than a dog that our man here is so lovingly patting, and the French title "L'Homme avec son ours" (Man with his bear) written on the underside perfectly articulates the best friend status of this particular bear! It's the wonderful work of Emile Bluteau (1931 ?), a well known Quebecois folk artist, who began carving in the late 70s, first birds and then "the human condition in all its moods