Sunflower Seed Simulacrum

I just found these on Ebay.  I am enchanted.   Just the other day I bought on Ebay another sort of clay seed, a collection from China, older, and with an interesting story that I had to winkle out of the internet as they were misidentified.  (Stay tuned.)

"These life-sized, porcelain sunflower seeds were sculpted and hand-painted by specialists working in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen, as seen in the documentry "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"

This auction is for a wholesale lot of 25 seeds designed and inspired by artist Ai Weiwei.

You will receive 25 original seeds made by craftsmen from the village of Jingdezhen, China.

We are located in the United States and ship within 1 business day, so you will receive your seeds fast!"  

I think these must be part of the Tate Modern's exhibition, The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds!   It is odd to consider buying part of an art work!  

You must go and view The Telegraph's slide show of images of the exhibition.   I read somewhere that people were soon barred from walking on the porcelain seeds because of health concerns...probably about the dust which would be silica.  But imagine if you were one of the early patrons to the Tate and had walked into the giant hall onto the seeds! 

In case you are enchanted enough to reach for your PayPal, here is the link to the Ebay seller who has several lots of seeds available. (100% positive feedback with 1295 feedbacks since 1995...looks good!)