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

My guess is that this set of 15 old stereographic drawings were a class assignment: most of them are signed

distinct and engaging from every angle

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