Joy Navasie was known for her white slipped pottery and classic use of design elements. She learned to make pottery from her mother, Paqua, who also used the white clay and signed with a frog as a hallmark.  The white kaolin clay is a slip which is applied to the surface of the bowl and then black (bee-weed) and red clay slips are used for painting.  This is one of her few miniatures.  It is from the 1980’s, which can be determined by both the color of the red clay slip she used and the detail in the painting.  Not only did she not make many miniatures, but I’m not sure I’ve seen one with such a complicated lid!  The lid is carved so that it rests inside the mouth of the bowl.  The bowl is painted with a classic bird wing pattern.  It is painted with a red clay slip and the black bee-weed. It is signed on the bottom with her frog hallmark.  It is in good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  There is one small area of the black which is fugitive.