Green Apple Watercolor Drawing Signed LEH serving utensil Hand-thrown and signed simply with

Hand-thrown and signed simply with a Q (definitely not that Q) on the underside

What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body

but rather of the original

Signed (incised) "Allie" on the underside

the rice was ready for cooking

Green Apple Watercolor Drawing Signed LEH serving utensil Hand-thrown and signed simply withI believe this watercolor was likely done as a school exercise, but I find it pretty transcendent, and very Japanese feeling in its perfect simplify. Lovely. Paper is 12" x 9 and shows an old horizontal center fold and tears to the top right corner edge and staining at lower right, but with a mat over it, cut close to the beautifully wavering thin black border of the drawing, it would look just right.