#a388 :: Chinese traveling hare
March 10, 2009
Where is he going? What is he carrying? Why is he important?
Chinese factory workers so beautifully aped the luster of carved coral with cast, burnished and “age”-dusted red plastic resin that I’m left wishing I had the answers to these questions.
In lesser hands, he would have been a child’s plaything, a little knicknack amid thousands of others on a shop shelf, an inconsequential bauble.
But look at the bearing they’ve given him, the speed of his walk, the indomitable purpose in his knowing eyes. Mold seams and tool gouges would have killed that effect. You have to admire the height of the art of faux-antiques.
Found him in Chinatown for three bucks.
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