Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase leather box showing the irregularities in the

showing the irregularities in the bone more dramatically than they appear to the eye

Made of clay and Mexican

to remind one to be a trusty friend

when closed 11 1/4" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 1 9/16" deep

but I love the relative humility of this one (and its great silhouette)

Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase leather box showing the irregularities in theQuintessentially 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