Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton red collar and has a complex personality

and has a complex personality relational to the dynamic between clay body and glaze

I believe it is 1930s Zanesville (typically unmarked) though am not 100% certain

There would once have been a panel that slid down in a groove in front of the drawers to "close" them in

I find its form

Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton red collar and has a complex personalitySuch a curious vase, and I think quite a charming one, with these highly stylized stacked animals on opposite sides rendered in matte baby blue. Hand thrown then trimmed and I believe salt fired, the stoneware vessel itself feels Japanese, but then this giraffe, pig, bird, and I'm not sure what (!) turn it into something else entirely! I've just learned this piece is a quintessential example of the recent work of Bowdoinham, Maine based ceramicist