Stunning Green Art Pottery Bowl with Abstract Decoration carved face with a hand-painted face

with a hand-painted face

now missing its original stopper

super evocative

I know that this set dates between 1914-1918

There is a bit of chipping around the rim of base and a few small chips on the face just of one side--as pictured

Stunning Green Art Pottery Bowl with Abstract Decoration carved face with a hand-painted faceI am completely obsessed with this art pottery bowl, which seems like it could have been inspired by the work of Paul Klee (see Park bei Lu 1938, for example) and also reminds me a bit of the work of Edwin and Mary Scheier. The exterior is glazed a wonderful light green, like a cross between celadon and Granny Smith apple. This glaze appears again on the interior as halo like outlines for the acidic blue green hyroglyph like decoration. The ground of