Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! art pottery with the oak re-stained a

with the oak re-stained a nice mahogany

The interior of the lid and body reveals the stunning original

it would be great on a desk but also has a hole for hanging on the wall

the vase is animated with expressionistically applied glazes of inky black and dark green

Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! art pottery with the oak re-stained aI can't look at this fabulous vessel without thinking of Magritte's Ceci nest pas un pipe! I think its a vintage tobacco jar, which likely once had a lid, but which now I think would make a pretty great vase. Its very nicely made, with the hand painted pipe rendered in relief, additional relief patterns up the sides and around the neck, and a mark that looks sort of like a C on the bottom. While Id like to imagine the maker of the vessel had Magrittes