Vintage Vase von Urbau für Romano Innocenti Multicolor arflex patinated brass

patinated brass

Production: unknown Italian manufacturer (not Knoll production)

authentic mid-century design

described as being in very good condition

drawers cleaned and lined with new fabric

Vintage Vase von Urbau für Romano Innocenti Multicolor arflex patinated brassLarge Italian ceramic bonbonniere vase, hand painted and clearly rooted in the majolica tradition. The form is serene and sculptural: a rounded, almost square body with a strong, cylindrical neck. A lively scene of two birds in a lemon tree, in blue, green, yellow, and violet, adorns the white glaze. Signed "Urbau." Stylistically close to Romano Innocenti and Italian modernism of the 1960s, without copying it. A piece that brings color to a restrained