Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton Holman NWT print and also the fact that

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which I believe was made to hold a pie plate

but I think it’s the graphic black lines that really make it

I find this antique Persian tile so beautiful

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Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton Holman NWT print and also the fact thatSuch a curious vase, and I think quite a charming one, with these highly stylized stacked animals on opposite sides rendered in matte baby blue. Hand thrown then trimmed and I believe salt fired, the stoneware vessel itself feels Japanese, but then this giraffe, pig, bird, and I'm not sure what (!) turn it into something else entirely! I've just learned this piece is a quintessential example of the recent work of Bowdoinham, Maine based ceramicist