UNIQUE PAIR OF SIGNED MUDMEN FOR YOUR COLLECTION - DEFINITELY VERY OLD AND INDIVIDUALLY HAND MADE

I  RESEARCHED THE HISTORY OF CHINESE MUDMEN AND ADD A QUOTE -

 "The thing that separates these figurines from the ordinary, is that they were made individually by hand. It has been suggested this was a 'cottage industry' involving nearly every member of the village in the production of these oriental curios. As the story goes, when the harvesting of rice was complete and the dry season had set in, the villagers turned to figurine production as a means of establishing a vigorous economy. This accounts for the varying degrees of quality apparent in each of the pieces"

THESE TWO ARE VERY OLD AND OBVIOUSLY INDIVIDUALLY HAND MADE - PROBABLY BY A YOUNGER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HENCE THEIR ROUGH APPEARANCE (WHICH JUST ADDS TO THEIR UNIQUENESS AND CHARM) THEY ARE 17CM TALL, BOTH SIGNED ON THE BACK.    REFER IMAGES