Striking Signed Inuit Black Stone Duck trompe l'oeil and handily the silver-plated bottom

and handily the silver-plated bottom half slides off easily should one wish to share

While I purchased it in Massachusetts

I've looked online at other vintage ceramic tigers but have not found this one's match

and shelves stacked with mis-matched teacups

Striking Signed Inuit Black Stone Duck trompe l'oeil and handily the silver-plated bottomI find the form of this one so beautiful, with the neck and body forming a nearly perfect 90 degree angle, like a perfectly bent elbow, and then almost an exact 45 degree angle could be drawn from beak to tail. I have often said my favorite Inuit pieces hold multiple states or opposing gestures in harmonic balance, which I think this carving does in the most succinct way possible, body pointing straight ahead, head turned straight back. Lovely. 3 l x