Inuit Dark Green Soapsone Carved Seal or Sea Lion ceramic collection I've come across a few

I've come across a few of these little barrel-shaped boxes and snatch them up whenever I can

1929)  a Lowell-based painter and illustrator

this piece could be used as a vase or as a watering pitcher for plants

There are eleven in this group

This piece was created at  Lapid Pottery Works in Tel Aviv

Inuit Dark Green Soapsone Carved Seal or Sea Lion ceramic collection I've come across a fewHow 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