RARE CERAMANO ‘TUNDRA’ FLOOR VASE Nr. 229 (69 cm)

A giant bottle-form vase (no. 299) with a 'brass knuckle' style handle in the rare 'Tundra decor designed in the 1970s by Hanns Welling for CERAMANO.  Thin alternating vertical stripes of black and pale yellow-green start at the mouth and end irregularly part way down the body.  The base glaze is a mottled, silvery, bluish-gray, and the form rises an incredible 69 cm tall.  The rare decor combined with the even more rare size makes this one a top notch collector's item. HANNS WELLING 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 last's artistic director in the early 1970s—otherwise little is recorded about his relationships with these firms. Many famous CERAMANO shapes and decors are ascribed to him: 'Pergamon,' 'Koralle,' 'Minerva,' 'Ceralux,' 'Tundra.' Welling also designed tableware and collectibles for Goebel Porzellan.CERAMANO was the brainchild of