Black Glazed Angular Porcelain Bud Vase with Inky Blue Interior folk art painted box And quite a wonderful collection

And quite a wonderful collection I think it is

used to hold them up and make them dance

and as far as I can tell there is only one bit on the whole piece that is lost- at the very center of the top

held together it looks to me by just a couple of nails at the top and then a few more nailed in from the underside of the base

Black Glazed Angular Porcelain Bud Vase with Inky Blue Interior folk art painted box And quite a wonderful collectionThis striking small vase is gorgeous just on its own, but would also makes the perfect vessel for a bunch of violets or lily of the valley or anything cut to shortish stems. The inly blue glazed interior adds a subtle glow to the matte ish black exterior, and makes me think Richard Serra meets Ad Reinhardt at a tabletop scale! 5 3 8" w x 4 3 8" t x 1 1 2"d an d in excellent condition. Unsigned.