BRAND NEW. BOUGHT FROM 1ST DIBS. www.1stdibs.com Bitossi vase, ceramic, blue, gray, pink. Tall cylinder vase with a pinched collar and glazed in three bands of color: salmon pink, matte grey, and aqua blue. Remnants of the original paper label on the underside. Dimensions: 12" H x 5.5" W Style: Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period) Materials and Techniques: Ceramic,Glazed Place of Origin: Italy Period: 1960-1969 Date of Manufacture: 1968 Creator: Bitossi (Designer) Designer info: Bitossi Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of the famed Italian company Bitossi Ceramiche embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in Bitossi pottery that includes artisanal vintage vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.