Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase leather box with a minor hairline crack

with a minor hairline crack on the base just below where it meets the bowl

The leather of the strap closure for the box is somewhat stiff/cracked

Made of clay and Mexican

viewable here

when closed 11 1/4" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 1 9/16" deep

Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase leather box with a minor hairline crackQuintessentially mid century Scandinavian, this is a "Pastoraali" pattern large porclain vase designed by Esteri Tomula for Arabia Finland c. 1965. The illustrative surface design, in black and blue against bright white and covering nearly every inch of it, features a young woman with quite a sculptural head of hair (!) and long dress patterned with curlicues surrounded by a dense pattern of flowers, leaves, and birds. I found it at an estate sale