Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African ceramic collection given a brutalist sort of

given a brutalist sort of a treatment

almost rocky variegated exterior dramatically contrasting with silky smooth

This great little vintage studio pottery bud vase features an interesting light green glaze that is mostly mossy in color

I believe this basket is the work of Flo Shay

and “Precious and Other Stones Used in Jewelry”

Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African ceramic collection given a brutalist sort ofI don't know a lot about the origins of this fantastic basket, but am pretty certain it is African, and possibly Tutsi, a tribal culture based primarily in Rwanda and Burundi, renowned for the baskets made by its women weavers. I believe a basket like this would have been made for the transport of goods, and that it once had a handle for carrying that was attached to the sides. I think it is truly an extraordinary object, with this wonderful bulbous,