Lot #: 390
Price Realized: $2,400.00
($2,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Early-Period Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed "Lanier Meaders," Cleveland, GA origin, circa early 1970s, ovoid jug with short spout, decorated with a hand-modeled and applied clay face featuring orb-shaped eyes with black pupils, broad nose with carved nostrils, well-formed ears with depressed centers, and mouth with flattened lips. Surface covered in an olive-colored alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Lanier Meaders signature. Aspects of the modeling on this jug, including the glazed eyes and omission of teeth, indicate it is a relatively early example of Meaders's work. An in-the-firing contact mark and small chip to one ear. Two chips to opposite ear. An in-the-firing contact mark to proper left eye. A minor nick to nose. An in-the-firing chip on reverse of spout. A few minor in-the-firing flakes to base on reverse. H 9".
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