HANNS WELLING FOR CERAMANO ‘NEGRO’ DÉCOR VASE Nr. 561

A Hanns Welling Negro décor bottle vase designed for CERAMANO in the 1960s. A matt background of bronze-brown supports glossy decorations of light blue dots and stripes that emerge from a slick, running espresso top glaze. Scratched into the base are the model number, the decor and maker names, the country of origin, "Handarbeit" (handwork), and the decorator's initials. The foil label is present as pictured. The interior is white. HANNS WELLING (1924–?) was responsible for some of the most sophisticated output of several of the best post-war German art-pottery manufacturers—Keto, Ruscha, and Ceramano, among them. He served as the third firm's artistic director in the early 1970s—otherwise, little is recorded about his relationships with these makers. Many famous CERAMANO shapes and décors are ascribed to him: Pergamon, Koralle, Minerva, Ceralux, and Tundra. Welling also designed tableware and collectibles for Goebel Porzellan GmbH. CERAMANO was the brainchild of Jakob Schwaderlapp,