earthenware object to discover

This small earthenware object carries the quiet power of something shaped slowly by hand and fire. Its compact, sculptural form feels almost geological, like a fragment of landscape, worn and softened by time. The rough, tactile surface and earthy tones give it a grounded presence that invites touch and close looking.
But looking further, you might see it as a stylised elephant
Placed on a shelf, desk, or pedestal, it functions as a subtle statement piece: understated yet expressive, modest in scale but rich in character. An object to live with rather than merely observe—one that brings warmth, material honesty, and a sense of calm permanence into any space.
do you not feel that it's about stylised elephant: the blocky mass suggesting the body, the softly articulated protrusions reading as legs, and the rounded volumes evoking head and shoulders rather than pure abstraction. It feels less like a literal depiction and more like a remembered elephant, reduced to weight, presence, and posture.
What’s compelling is that it sits right on the threshold between figuration and abstraction. It doesn’t insist on being an animal, but it allows the association. That ambiguity is often what gives such objects their strength: they invite projection without closing meaning down.
 
20 cm L
12 cm H
8 cm D