Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter Japanese netsuke or the starting point for

or the starting point for making a folksy tray

and it really looks like just about the perfect back-to-school apple to leave as a gift on the teacher's desk

elegant drawing in any event

though I'm pretty certain that was not its maker's intent

with what look to be arrows extended in different directions and a sort of bird-like form rendered in unglazed clay

Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter Japanese netsuke or the starting point forIm 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