Chamoted terracotta vase, Alexander Kostanda

Vase sculpture of alexander kostanda (born in 1921 in tuchol, poland, x) in chamoted terracotta.
 Flat-bottomed sharp and spherical belly, thick handle and long slanted collar. Dark brown non-uniform glossy glaze (near pantone black c-242c solid coated)
 Handwritten signature inculated under the piece: a kostanda cluny and stamp of: cluny workshops.
 Dimensions: height: 44 cm; 
width: 29, 5 cm; belly diameter: 22.2 cm 
 Lip thickness: about 0, 8 cm
 Gross weight: about 3kg. Cluny workshop 1946-1949.
 Failure to note: trace of permits under the vase, ginning and oven cracks taken with the dab it is not restorations but adaptations of the potter to the cooking of thick pieces cooked in a wood oven. Museum presenting works by alexandra kostanda: Sevres: ceramic city (inventory: mnc 2682, mnc28104, mnc26813)
 
 Bibliography:
 French ceramics from the 50s staudenmeyer stone norma editions.
        ceramic art of the twentieth century tamara preaud, serge gauthier office of the book. 
       fifty years of french ceramics 1955-2005 a national collection antoinette fa-hallé.

 Associate artists: giraud - artists trained by kostanda: daniel de montmollin (brother), and founders of the accolay pottery: butt, dangon, paley, raude.