Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! art pottery with bright orange body

with bright orange body

the vase is animated with expressionistically applied glazes of inky black and dark green

narcissus or amaryllis

a signature of Yup'ik baskets

is nice and substantial

Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! art pottery with bright orange bodyI can't look at this fabulous vessel without thinking of Magritte's Ceci nest pas un pipe! I think its a vintage tobacco jar, which likely once had a lid, but which now I think would make a pretty great vase. Its very nicely made, with the hand painted pipe rendered in relief, additional relief patterns up the sides and around the neck, and a mark that looks sort of like a C on the bottom. While Id like to imagine the maker of the vessel had Magrittes