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Hare Basket
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| Accession #: | 4234.11 |
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| Title: | Hare Basket |
| Object Type: | Sculpture |
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| Physical Description: | Ceramic/stoneware sculpture. Black stoneware basket with a green slip. The handle of the basket is in the shape of a rabbit, with a hole straight through for the eyes, spanning the basket two legs on either side of the oval shaped bowl. The four legs of the basket each have attached rabbit heads with faces, hole straight through for the eyes, pointing up and ears pointing down. The interior of the bowl has an incised rabbit drawing. The texture of the basket is extremely rough, pocked, and crackled. Each of the legs of the basket have a hole on the upper interior near the join with the bowl of the basket. |
| Description: | The basket is sculpted with figures of rabbits or hares for the handles and feet, and has an incised sketch of a rabbit or hare on the interior of the bowl of the basket. |
| Category: | Art |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Pottery & Ceramic (Artwork), Figurative (Artwork->Subject), Abstract (Artwork->Subject)
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| Dimensions: |
Object H x W x Diameter 22 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 13 3/4"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
ceramic (material) (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
A sketched rabbit is Incised in the the bowl of the basket
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, and Washington Art Consortium. |
| Copyright: |
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