Porcelain Pottery Jar with Black and Gold Bees, medium

This is a charming jar decorated, clearly referencing the traditional urn shape. It is decorated with black and gold butterflies.  It can be a decorative piece or used as an urn for a pet or if you are sharing someone's ashes. It holds 5 cups or 40 ounces. Tight lid fit. 

I made this out of a white porcelain clay body. I threw it on the potter's wheel. The exterior decoration is a transfer technique which is a silkscreening technique of black bees as well as 5 overglaze gold decals of bees sealed permanently on in a third kiln firing. These really are 22 karat gold. The patterns are sealed permanently into the clay by the glazing process. A clear glaze is over the entire piece.

Please appreciate the slight variations and imperfections that are the signs of hand made pottery. This pot is approximately 7" tall x 5.5" wide.