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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 409597, member: 45"]It's a fairly recent (last 10-15 years or so) import from Mexico, made for the decorator trade. Rather hastily thrown, trimmed, and decorated on a potter's wheel (the incised lines often overlap, and the paint isn't applied within the outlined shapes), the pottery was sold through Pier 1 and similar outlets. It is "artificially aged" to appear old, but isn't.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding "faces" and other forms in our surroundings seems to be a special talent, some people have it, some don't. I'm hooked on seeing bird and animal forms in clouds. And faces on the textured bathroom wall. It's a rather harmless pastime, but not one to take too seriously.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the bottom of your pot, I see a reclining dog, not a face. Although there is something of a Easter Island moai nose poking up out of the sand....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 409597, member: 45"]It's a fairly recent (last 10-15 years or so) import from Mexico, made for the decorator trade. Rather hastily thrown, trimmed, and decorated on a potter's wheel (the incised lines often overlap, and the paint isn't applied within the outlined shapes), the pottery was sold through Pier 1 and similar outlets. It is "artificially aged" to appear old, but isn't. Finding "faces" and other forms in our surroundings seems to be a special talent, some people have it, some don't. I'm hooked on seeing bird and animal forms in clouds. And faces on the textured bathroom wall. It's a rather harmless pastime, but not one to take too seriously. As to the bottom of your pot, I see a reclining dog, not a face. Although there is something of a Easter Island moai nose poking up out of the sand....[/QUOTE]
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