Thein, Heinrich - vase - ceramic, unmarked, brown body, hemispherical body on stepped stand, flat broad shoulder, turned-out rim, gray craquelé glaze, surrounding painted frieze with various nude figures, minimal glaze flaking, traces of age, h approx. 9 cm, provenance: estate Thein family Artist information: Thein, Heinrich, 1888 Nuremberg - 1969 Haßfurt am Main, expressive small sculptor, after a pottery apprenticeship in Lauf he worked from 1925 as artistic director of the Sächsische Ofen- und Wandplatten-Werke in Meissen, between 1945 and 1947 he was head of the design department at the Staatliche Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen, later he also worked as a freelance artist

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