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

So when I spotted this and one other of her prints at an antiques shop

I'd guess it was done by a street artist at a fair or tourist destination

which I can just see its young maker

with a perfect mix of scrapes

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