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Studio Art Pottery989 of 1190Lidded Vessel w/ Fishes - signed by Lynn Smiser Bowers from Dallas, TXtheatrical faces on old pottery
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    Posted 10 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5040 items)

    This is a beautiful, large tile i found at Urban Ore in Berkeley the other day. It measures 20" x 5". It has a male medusa like mask in the center of a nice shell design and two, rather playful griffons on either end of an elaborate scroll design. It's executed perfectly - w/ strong 3-dimensionality. It appears to be slip-glazed, high-fire stoneware. the back is covered w/ thousands of little holes which were punched in in order to hold well to mortar. There's no signature.

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    1. walksoftly walksoftly, 10 years ago
      Merry Christmas!
    2. Manikin Manikin, 10 years ago
      Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year ho2cultcha ! I always enjoy your posts and here's to another year ahead to share collections :-)
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      Merry Christmas to all of you as well! and happy treasure hunting for 2014!!
    4. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      It's similar to the Raffaellesco pieces!
      Why not a Deruta attribution?
    5. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      It's fabulous!
      A great find!
    6. AmberRose AmberRose, 10 years ago
      It's beautiful! I say timeline would be Victorian. Just a great piece.
      Merry Christmas ho2cultcha!
    7. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      thanks everyone! for some reason, i was thinking it wasn't very old, but who knows? the playful griffins are really fabulous!
    8. miKKoChristmas11 miKKoChristmas11, 10 years ago
      You find the most remarkable things! Exciting!!! Merry Christmas!!! : )
    9. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      thank you mikkochristmas11. and a very merry one back at ya!
    10. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      i finally understand your deruta and raffaelesco comment vetraio50!

      kidding aside, how old do you think this piece is? i don't see much dust/grit down in those crevices. the quality of this handcrafted piece is really exquisite. but i'm not feeling any great age to the piece.

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