Unusual Hand-Painted Pottery Vase With Large Birds Makah basket They were beautifully made

They were beautifully made

no chips or cracks

This hand-thrown stoneware bowl

while the pale blue underside of the neck has a texture suggesting waves

It is shallow enough to make it perfect for displaying a selection of favorite rocks

Unusual Hand-Painted Pottery Vase With Large Birds Makah basket They were beautifully madeI find this tall, textured black vase featuring two large, long necked birds (emu?) extremely intriguing. The expressive but subtly rendered brown, yellow and pinkish birds one on each side of the vase at first seem more like abstract passages than figurative forms, but then there they are, heads to the ground amidst green grass and pink flowers. With gold banding at rim and base, the whole piece feels surrealistic an unusual and compelling object and