Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter Japanese netsuke elegant drawing in any event

elegant drawing in any event

but I do believe it's got at least  a hundred years on it

with what I guess is a lucky horseshoe bejeweled with topaz

perfectly complimenting the fantastic texture and luminous stony purple-gray of the exterior

Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter Japanese netsuke elegant drawing in any eventIm a fan of mid century Lapid, Israel pottery (founded in 1949 in Tel Aviv and operated there until sometimes in the 1980s I believe) and keep an eye out for ithand painted and signed by their individual makers, Lapid pieces tend to be reminscent of Scandinavian and West German modernist ceramics, but have their own distinct sensibility. The body of this slip cast stoneware low vase or smallish planter (perfect for an orchid or forced bulbs) is glazed