Nod to an Amphora, Perfect Studio Pottery Bud Vase with Wings handbook Still looks bright and crisp

Still looks bright and crisp

a few dark marks

with all joints moving easily

is signed at the bottom but I am uncertain of its maker

I just wish we could see further into the other side of the cabinet

Nod to an Amphora, Perfect Studio Pottery Bud Vase with Wings handbook Still looks bright and crispI spotted this lovely in a locked case, expecting its concealed price tag to proclaim its unattainability, but happily I was able to bring it home. To my eye really quite a perfect small vessel, transcending time and scale, too feels one part ancient Roman (or Etruscan), one part Arts and Crafts, one part mid century, etc. And I take those "wings" as a nod to the broken handles of ancient amphora so rather post modern, too. With a certain elusiveness