Lot #: 351
Price Realized: $840.00
($700 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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.
Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed "Lanier Meaders," Cleveland, GA, circa 1980, ovoid jug with hand-modeled and applied clay face including kaolin eyes with black-slip pupils, ears, nose, chin, and crooked mouth with kaolin teeth. Face assumes a sideways stare. Surface covered in a mottled green alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Lanier Meaders signature. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 11 1/8".
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