Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton red collar with three different openings and

with three different openings and three different levels

In very good vintage condition

I find its form

and in excellent condition to boot

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

Faceted Studio Pottery Vase with Light Blue Animals by Jeffrey Lipton red collar with three different openings andSuch 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