Lapid Israël Mid-Century Wax Resist Patterned Brown Vase leopard pin and blood red mouth

and blood red mouth

and would usually have tapestry-woven faces with dramatic facial features

Alphonse XIII (King of Spain)

it could either be hung on the wall or used as a rug--I'd especially love it as the first thing one crosses walking in the door

Lapid Israël Mid-Century Wax Resist Patterned Brown Vase leopard pin and blood red mouthI've had a few different mid century Lapid Israel vases and really loved each of them reminscent of Scandinavian and West German modernist ceramics, but with their own distinct sensibility. While there is not a lot written about Lapid Pottery Works, I do know it which was founded in 1949 in Tel Aviv and operated there until sometimes in the 1980s, producing kitchenware and sanitary ware in addition to the hand painted art ware pieces for which they