Covered Box
by Pichon - Uzës, France
4-5/8" diameter x 2-3/8" high

Round covered box of variegated colored clays (colors go all the way through).

Kind of a cross between American Niloak Missionware and French Gerbino.

It appears that the lid clays were laid on a form in a rough pattern, and then drawn with a hook -- in much the same way as the King Tut pattern is created in Art Glass -- to create the design. See detail below, left.
While the colored clay goes all the way through, the design is more definite on the exterior than on the interior.

Edge trimmed in black paint (some flecks of paint loss).

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Detail of lid decor.

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