Black Glazed Angular Porcelain Bud Vase with Inky Blue Interior block houses who had quite a collection

who had quite a collection of small folk art cathedrals

circa 1940

perhaps just for carrying a queen(

with some staining along the upper left edge (much darker on the back of the drawing than the front)

and then these wonderful hand-painted marching red birds in great dark red

Black Glazed Angular Porcelain Bud Vase with Inky Blue Interior block houses who had quite a 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.