Exquisitely Crafted Leslie Thompson Small Brown and White Geometric Pattern Vase folk pottery This antique Japanese lacquered tabletop

This antique Japanese lacquered tabletop cabinet --Kodansu

which operates both horizontally and—turn your head or the image 90 degrees—vertically as well

which features an image by Utagawa Hiroshige of people on a bridge with mountains in the background

with earthy

There is variation to the clay body

Exquisitely Crafted Leslie Thompson Small Brown and White Geometric Pattern Vase folk pottery This antique Japanese lacquered tabletopThis is a small but stunning, exquisitely crafted brown and white vase by renowned California ceramist Leslie Thompson, (American, b. 1945), who draws inspiration from sources including Native American craft, Op Art, and the work of M. C. Escher. The small vessel is made of high fire porcelain coated with brown slip and incised, with extraordinary precision, to reveal the white body beneath. The fineness of the detail on this piece is quite