Lot #: 148
Price Realized: $960.00
($800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed "Lanier Meaders," Cleveland, GA, circa 1985, ovoid jug with hand-modeled and applied clay face including kaolin eyes with black-slip pupils, ears, well-sculpted nose, broad chin, and open mouth with kaolin teeth. Surface covered in a mottled olive-colored alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Lanier Meaders signature. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 10 1/8".
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