Bud Vase [Majolica Gzhel]

Majolica Bud Vase. Two houses, "dachas" more likely, rise up from the ground. Smoke rises from the chimneys. Hand decorated in natural clay earth pigments of brown, blue, green leaf, sienna, umber and ochre. Painting on all four sides. Signed by the artist. Gzhel, circa 1991. 6" in height. 1 only, as shown

Refer to the reference book Gzhel: Ceramics 18th-19th-20th Centuries. Moscow: Planeta, 1989. pp. 176-78. More information on the book here.