Stark Black Working Decoy with Marvelously Hooked Old Beak Repair shield with anchor The physics section includes 44

The physics section includes 44 pages filled front and back

with glazes --one a painterly brown and dark indigo

and wraps around nearly half of the vase

and all are quite well done

textures make this feel as much like sculpture as a functional object

Stark Black Working Decoy with Marvelously Hooked Old Beak Repair shield with anchor The physics section includes 44This might not be the decoy for the decoy connoisseur, but for the lover of highly evocative, very singular sculptural objects, I think it is a most fantastic thing! It is very clear, especially from the top of the head, that this working decoy was shot over quite a bit, and I assume its original beak took the worst of the hits. Someone appears to have valued it enough to carve, paint, and attach a new one, transforming its profile and character