Elegant Porcelain Vase with Hand-painted Double-Sided Abstract Design pale The plate is marked (incised)

The plate is marked (incised) MH on the reverse

Published by The Studio Publications

there is room for a finger or two inside the head while the others fill its armholes

with great creamy white paint worn away at corners and along sides

Elegant Porcelain Vase with Hand-painted Double-Sided Abstract Design pale The plate is marked (incised)I don't know who made this unsigned vase, but think it lovely, with a great silhouette and interesting hand painted surface design in mossy greens, deep browns, soft blue and gray, which is different on both sides. I think it would feel very Japanese if filled with a couple of small branches of cherry blossoms in the spring, but could swing Scandanavian with some winter berries or a spring tulip or two! Could be mid century but maybe more