Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen Keramik holding the pen

holding the pen

New York and printed by The New York Lithographing Co

25" tall and x 4

and 2 3/4" tall

Surely it was made to hold something specific

Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen Keramik holding the penI'm listing this wonderful studio pottery plate just as 2019 comes to an end, which seems exactly right: "bull_" might characterize a lot about our times, but I see this particular bull as a symbol of fortitude and perseverance, charging forward with strength and resilience into the new decade! And what a terrific bull it is, like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream, which pops against the metallic black