Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear mid-century ceramic planter Titled at bottom left and

Titled at bottom left and signed and dated bottom right

delicate but decisive

Henry Moore

Pretty rare to find an early one like this

And I think this is a lovely example

Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear mid-century ceramic planter Titled at bottom left andLove. This Inuit carved stone polar bear, lying flat on its belly, goes beyond representing the animal to, I think, represent a whole state of being! (Which also feels like the essence of hibernation, which I myself am especially disposed toward right now:)) I love too that its two front legs and head extending forward evince a hand laid flat, and also make me think of the incoming tide, creeping toward shore. Wonderfully matter of fact, and also