Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen Keramik Surely it was made to

Surely it was made to hold something specific

holding the pen

this handblown glass flask likely once had a leather or perhaps wicker cover over its top half

and a few bumps in the glaze original to its making

Metallic Black Pottery Plate with Painterly Bull, attributed to Marc Hansen Keramik Surely it was made toI'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