Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen Keramik 25" tall and x 4

25" tall and x 4

cut and punctured by hand

Surely it was made to hold something specific

this handblown glass flask likely once had a leather or perhaps wicker cover over its top half

Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen Keramik 25" tall and x 4I'm listing this wonderful studio pottery plate just as 2019 comes to an end, which seems exactly right: "bull_" might characterize a lot about our times, but I see this particular bull as a symbol of fortitude and perseverance, charging forward with strength and resilience into the new decade! And what a terrific bull it is, like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream, which pops against the metallic black