Lapid Israël Mid-Century Wax Resist Patterned Brown Vase indian temple toy was inspired by on-- in

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which is pure shiny black

painted in a combination of oil and acrylic by Kansas City artist Susi Lulaki on a shingle salvaged from an old house being torn down in Chase County

The ferrule (the wooden head to which the bristles attach) is stained a very dark brown

this is the one I brought home

Lapid Israël Mid-Century Wax Resist Patterned Brown Vase indian temple toy was inspired by on-- inI'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