Posted 2 years ago
ho2cultcha
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I found this large urn a couple days ago and it had been completely painted white. it's 20 inches tall - BIG! the bottom half had some gritty paint that was very hard to remove but after several hours it's just about there. just a few flecks left. The urn is 20 inches tall and there are a couple of small/short hairlines in the rim, but everything else is good. when i bought it there was a tiny chip in the white paint and i couild see something i liked underneath so i bought it. i used a supposed 'green' stripper which was ok - no smell, but slow. who do you think made it? Grueby [kidding!]. Found in Berkeley CA.
heres some more pics of it: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjA9c8n
great job
thanks kiva!
Doesn’t it make you wonder who painted it and why??
It’s so beautiful after you rescued it from a horrible existence!
Thank you Watchsearcher. i know. i am visualizing a very uptight minimalist!
i just found and posted above what it looked like when i purchased it. i knew i had taken a pic of it.
everything i can look at from the early 20th c points to Fulper. are there unmarked fulper pieces from early 20th c?
i'd love to hear from the art pottery experts what their opinion is of this piece.
Great piece!! Maybe someone painted it to hide it in a divorce Battle!
great find/rescue : )
looks very similar to this one noted as signed Arneis by Arlene '74
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/grueby-green-pottery-ovoid-vase-519315643
this pot is driving me nuts. people who have not held it and looked closely at it attribute it to Asian from the last 25- 30 yrs, but i can say without even a trace of doubt that it is not that. It's wheel thrown - very clear turnings on the inside and fairly light in weight for the size. it really is LARGE too. I'm certain that it is either European or American from the first quarter of the 20th c. The base looks like quite a few french pieces from that period, and i'm leaning towards French. There was a lot of experimentation with this kind of glaze at that time too. I've seen a lot of modern Asian pieces - including ones that look similar to this, but they are never wheel thrown, or as evenly thin as this. They are much thicker and heavier.