CARSTENS HEINZ SIERY ‘GHANA’ FLOOR VASE Nr. 73/30

A very rare Ghana décor floor vase from the mid-60s designed by the celebrated Heinz Siery for CARSTENS TÖNNIESHOF. The form's proportions evoke a gourd or perhaps a Japanese-style paper lantern. The underglaze is black with brown mottling; the vertical ribs are painted in a matt terra cotta. N.B.: the footring bears the scars of a firing error. Happily, the flaws are not structural and, when the vase is upright, not readily apparent (please see photos). HEINZ SIERY (1927–1993) was a true luminary in the world of ceramics in the 1950s and '60s. His form designs had a significant impact on the product styles of makers Fohr, Scheurich, Carstens, and Ruscha, among others. Siery often employed "the golden ratio" (or an approximation) while designing, lending harmonious proportion to his work. This can be seen clearly in his most iconic vase, no. 271/22 for Scheurich. Presented in 1959, it was extremely popular and was still being manufactured in the 1970s. Siery also developed and introdu