Design

The piece is in overall good condition. There is one large 14 inch stress fracture along one side of the base of the piece, likely from the firing process and not a repaired impact break. The line of the crack expands in three directions, is clean and dissipates into the body of the piece with no missing fragments or elements of glaze loss.
Other than this flaw, the piece is stately and presentable. One handle with a white mark on the surface, likely a reveal of the underlying clay from a glaze chip.

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