RUST ORANGE ‘ANKARA’ FUNNEL-MOUTH VASE BY HELMUT SCHOLTIS FOR CARSTENS ART045 The prize underscored MICHAEL ANDERSEN

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RUST ORANGE ‘ANKARA’ FUNNEL-MOUTH VASE BY HELMUT SCHOLTIS FOR CARSTENS ART045 The prize underscored MICHAEL ANDERSENA well proportioned, funnel mouth vase in rusty orange and graphitea variation of the Ankara dcor designed in 1963 by Helmut Scholtis for CARSTENS TNNIESHOF. Ankara is a great example of the "wax resist" technique, whereby a base glaze is applied, fired, and cooled, then drawn on with wax and painted over with a top glaze. During a second firing, the wax melts away to reveal the design in negative. Hand thrown in the 1970s. CARSTENS TNNIESHOF was