Lot #: 18
Price Realized: $649.00
($550 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Fine Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed "Lanier Meaders," Cleveland, GA origin, circa 1975, rotund, squat-shaped jug with applied clay facial features, including kaolin eyes with black-glazed pupils, curved eyebrows, pierced ears, a well-formed nose with nostrils, and unusual closed mouth. Surface covered in a dark-olive alkaline glaze with "tobacco spit" striping throughout. Underside incised with Lanier Meaders signature. Exceptional, bold form with appealing glaze. Provenance: A recently-surfaced example. A shallow chip to reverse of one ear. Otherwise as-made condition. H 9".
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