Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase folk pottery Bill de Kooning told Johns

Bill de Kooning told Johns "you could give that son-of-a-bitch two beer cans and he could sell them

and quite fun to play with

which I'd guess were one affixed to the sides

with some light scratching to the surface of the lacquer

which I can just see its young maker

Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase folk pottery Bill de Kooning told JohnsQuintessentially mid century Scandinavian, this is a "Pastoraali" pattern large porclain vase designed by Esteri Tomula for Arabia Finland c. 1965. The illustrative surface design, in black and blue against bright white and covering nearly every inch of it, features a young woman with quite a sculptural head of hair (!) and long dress patterned with curlicues surrounded by a dense pattern of flowers, leaves, and birds. I found it at an estate sale