Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter Japanese netsuke I really love the expression

I really love the expression on the face of the dog here--a mix of resistance

or the starting point for making a folksy tray

with what I guess is a lucky horseshoe bejeweled with topaz

with what look to be arrows extended in different directions and a sort of bird-like form rendered in unglazed clay

and it really looks like just about the perfect back-to-school apple to leave as a gift on the teacher's desk

Lapid, Israel Signed Mid-Century Pottery Vase / Planter Japanese netsuke I really love the expressionIm a fan of mid century Lapid, Israel pottery (founded in 1949 in Tel Aviv and operated there until sometimes in the 1980s I believe) and keep an eye out for ithand painted and signed by their individual makers, Lapid pieces tend to be reminscent of Scandinavian and West German modernist ceramics, but have their own distinct sensibility. The body of this slip cast stoneware low vase or smallish planter (perfect for an orchid or forced bulbs) is glazed