Portrait of a Man, Sensitive and Ever Shifting Large Black Glazed Red Clay Head hammer with a bit of roughness

with a bit of roughness to the surface of the frame at upper right

the more time I spend looking at and thinking about Bone's work

"Purchased of Miss Hazel _  whose mother was a Babcok

or fill it with tea bags and keep it out on the kitchen counter

and I think a wonderfully playful and intimate captured moment

Portrait of a Man, Sensitive and Ever Shifting Large Black Glazed Red Clay Head hammer with a bit of roughnessI found this one at one of my very favorite antique shops in Pennsylvania, but don't know any more of its origins than that. Striking from a distance, but what I really love about this is how much it changes from every angle, including seeming to morph from a portrait of a young man from one view to that of a much older and wiser one from another. Full of life and depth it feels to me, and a rich one to live with. Unsigned, sculpted of red clay,