Satisfying Bottle Shaped Modernist Vase with Painterly Glazing carved marble trinket box " combines a double meaning

" combines a double meaning of fortune and protection from suffering

with the name Guggenheim appearing on one side

but comes I believe from the Tonala region in Jalisco and resembles the work of Carlos Villanueva

This one is really fully resolved

Satisfying Bottle Shaped Modernist Vase with Painterly Glazing carved marble trinket box " combines a double meaningI can't resist earthy, chunky pottery like this, and the glazing on this modernist bottle shaped vase is just right, making me think of Motherwell, and Helen Frankenthaler, too. (And the drippiness is also just right for an ink bottle shaped vessel!) Heavy and substantial and good all the way around. Initialed (incised) on the underside, C. E. C. it looks to me. c. 1960s 70s I would think. 6 1 2" x 3 7 8". Great vintage condition, no chips, cracks or