Lot #: 314
Price Realized: $1,140.00
($950 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed and Dated "Lanier Meaders / 1988," Cleveland, GA, 1988, ovoid jug with hand-modeled and applied clay face including kaolin eyes with cobalt-slip pupils, ears, large nose, dimpled chin, and frowning mouth with kaolin teeth. Surface covered in a mottled olive-colored alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Lanier Meaders signature and date. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 10 3/4".
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