Mid-Century White, Mustard and Brown Italian Pottery Vase with Undulating Form for the bed with just a tiny bit

with just a tiny bit of loss to the gilding around the rim

distinct and engaging from every angle

or cottonballs

which would have been used by an individual student

these were made by the German company Mertens-Kunst (1936-2001) circa 1960

Mid-Century White, Mustard and Brown Italian Pottery Vase with Undulating Form for the bed with just a tiny bitThis mid century Italian pottery vase is a real stunner. It also feels a bit post modern to me, like a nod to a grecian urn, or a frieze, with its brown squiggles set against bright white and framed in mustard yellow almost like abstracted figures marching around the perimeter of the vase. The hand thrown and manipulated form is terrific too, with undulating sides giving it a great dynamism, different from every view. Really a terrific piece. I found