Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! art pottery where Kerouac was born and

where Kerouac was born and raised

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

narcissus or amaryllis

is nice and substantial

with the oak re-stained a nice mahogany

Magritte-esque Vintage Tabacco Jar with Hand-Painted Pipe in Relief! art pottery where Kerouac was born andI 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