Estrela Coimbra Portugal Small Wall Vase Rabbit Sec XVII Pottery

Description

This beautiful little wall vase is decorative and utilitarian faience, inspired by the traditional Portuguese ceramics of the 17th century.
Out of Portugal’s regional pottery styles, Coimbra pots are the most intricate, with roots firm in ancient Moorish and Asian designs. In blue-on-white tradition, deer leap and birds remain forever in flight, surrounded by swirls of flowers and borders of various geometric patterns working away from the center, one after another.
When given free rein with color, the designs become further detailed, such as seen in this piece where rabbits are almost lost among the limbs, leaves, and complicated patterns covering every surface around them.
The piece measures 3.5 inches across and 3 inches tall.
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