Huge 1970s Studio Pottery Platter Signed MM, with Hand-painted Blue, Gray and Brown Design On Cream Body curated shop but overall the box

but overall the box

I immediately thought of Velasquez’s “las Meninas

The basket measures 18 inches tall by 12

With gold banding at rim and base

Huge 1970s Studio Pottery Platter Signed MM, with Hand-painted Blue, Gray and Brown Design On Cream Body curated shop but overall the boxThis is a striking, large (and heavy!), beautifully crafted hand thrown studio pottery platter decorated with a hand painted design in blue, grey and brown glazes over a cream slip. The wonderfully gestural surface decoration evinces a vertical sequence of blooms, or perhaps even birds, each one emerging from the one below it, giving the piece a great dynamism. This would be fantastic used as a huge serving platter for tapas or antipasti, but also