Lot #: 381
Price Realized: $150.00
($125 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed and Dated "Michael Crocker / 2009," Lula, GA origin, 2009, ovoid jug with hand-modeled and applied clay face including unglazed white-clay eyes with blue pupils, eyebrows, ears, nose, and open mouth with white clay teeth. Surface covered in a mottled olive-colored alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Michael Crocker signature and date. Provenance: Carl and Marian Mullis Collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 9 1/2".
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