Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots shino footed bowl and the very primitive ones

and the very primitive ones perhaps by another

but the donkey itself--printed on a sort of light weight fabric with a bit of a sheen--is in pretty good shape and I think the graphics are pretty terrific

but this seems to be quite a singular one

This one has a very contemporary feel to me

4" long x 7/8" wide x 1/8" thick

Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots shino footed bowl and the very primitive onesI'd like to think these were carved not in memorial but rather in celebration of the progression of time, like bronzed baby shoes but much more expressive, and product of much more effort on the part of their maker! The form of the boots and manner of carving is quite akin to naively carved wooden boots I have occasionally found, but the effect of carving them from marble gives them a whole different sort of gravitas and it is the combination of naive