A small, near-black charcoal cup with an uneven rim that tears open lower on one side. Across the dark wall runs a pale, crazed crust that webs and flakes over the darker clay beneath, breaking the surface into a fine network of light lines and patches. A few soft horizontal undulations wrap the body, and in this single frame the cup rests on the blue disc of a potter’s wheel.
Why does the surface look cracked all over? The pale crust has crazed into a webbed network across the dark clay, so the piece reads like a river stone caught mid-thaw. Piece 1800 of 10,000, listed at $18.00.
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