Mid-Century Hand-thrown Pedestal Bowl with White Fat Lava Glazing dance mask ) The surface decoration is

) The surface decoration is what makes it special--a bright white slip animated with these great inky blue

rendered on a larger board to which the former is mounted

justifiably so

The slide shows a little peeling and few scratches

and this old one is the real deal and about my favorite I've seen

Mid-Century Hand-thrown Pedestal Bowl with White Fat Lava Glazing dance mask ) The surface decoration isMy photos don't do justice to this piece. Occasionally I'll see something that makes me think about home staging, i. e., it would be the perfect thing to have sitting on the counter when trying to sell a house and that is what I thought of as soon as I saw this bowl, envisioning it filled with Granny Smith apples, or a few acid green hedge apples even better! It would also make a great serving bowl, with the pedestal base making a trivet underneath it