Mexican Ceramic Floor Vase with Applied Seated Figure & Removable Cattails View Watchlist >
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Lot # G452
System ID # 30344558
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Mexican Ceramic Floor Vase with Applied Seated Figure & Removable Cattails
A tall decorative floor vase in ceramic, standing 20¼" on its own and just over 30" with the cattail stems in place. The body carries a heavily worked, multi-tone surface — layered ochre, gold, and sienna with intentional distressing that reads as faux-aged patina rather than natural wear. A sculptural seated figure is applied at the shoulder, modeled in the same ceramic and finished to match, its gilt-and-brown surface flaking in step with the vessel. The narrow neck flares to a dark rim; a drilled hole in the base indicates the form doubles as a planter or drainage-ready vessel.
The vase is marked Hecho en Mexico on the base, placing it within the decorative ceramics export tradition of Jalisco — the Tonalá and Tlaquepaque workshops that supply large-format vessels with applied figures and distressed finishes to the U.S. interior market. The removable cattail stems — turned light hardwood ovals on black steel rods — add real material contrast and let the piece display with or without the flourish.
CONDITION
Very Good. Scuffing present; the mottled ochre-and-gold surface is distressed by design, not damaged. Cattail stems are intact and removable.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Overall with cattails: 30½" H × 10" W × 7" D
- Vase only: 20¼" H
- Materials: ceramic vase; wood and steel cattails
- Base marked: Hecho en Mexico
- Drainage hole drilled in base
- Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale — Not Included
