Covered Box

USA, 2017
<p>The bottom edge of this rectangular box raises slightly in the middle of the long side. The division between the lid and the box is very clear. The lid has straight sides that slant upward to the middle. The flat surface of the lid also slants upward toward a crest in the middle. The top of the lid is brown. All the surfaces are covered with incised short black straight lines. The right half of the box and sides of the lid are dark orange, the other half is brown. There is a stack of three circles on either side of the middle. The ones on the orange ground are black in the left half and brown in the other <span>half.</span> The other stack is on half <span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">of the brown and half on the orange area. The left of these circles is black, the right is brown. Two circles in each stack are on the box,  one is on the lid. The black metal top handle makes a large arc with t</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">ightly coiled wire in the middle.   It is attached through a clay </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">loop at each short end of the box. There is more tightly coiled wire here too.</span></p><p>A top view with the lid off shows the earthenware rim and glossy black interior. The lid actually has a ridge in both the long and short directions.</p><p>The underside view shows a flat earthenware base. there are three black concentric circles in the middle. Four very straight black lines run from the spiral to the four edges. The ceramic coil loop that holds the handle is visable on the left side of the box.</p><p> </p>
rosenfieldcollection.com
Date acquired:
Materials:
Earthenware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Hand-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Lisa Pedolsky
rosenfieldcollection.com

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