Inuit Dark Green Soapsone Carved Seal or Sea Lion ceramic collection This piece was created at

This piece was created at  Lapid Pottery Works in Tel Aviv

in excellent vintage condition (photos are shot through the glass of the frame

The coasters are in very good condition

I have seen images of orange vessels just like these topped with highly stylized pointy lids ending in exaggerated bulbous tips

1929)  a Lowell-based painter and illustrator

Inuit Dark Green Soapsone Carved Seal or Sea Lion ceramic collection This piece was created atHow much I love this seal! At least I think it is a seal; it is possible it is a sea lion, or even a tusk less walrus. Beautifully carved of what I believe is a green soapstone, with a polished, smooth surface, he's got incised round eyes and incised dots for whiskers, with wonderfully shaped front and back flippers. I especially love him from the top view, with his great elongated body seeming poised and ready to take off swimming! The seal is