Description:

Ipsens Enke
Art pottery bowl with Native American head, model 286.
Decorative bowl featuring a relief bust of a Native American chief wearing a feathered headdress and claw necklace. Glazed in subdued shades of green, brown, and orange. A characteristic figurative work from Ipsens Enke, 1920s.

Origin: Denmark.
Manufacturer: Ipsens Enke.
Model: 286.
Material: Stoneware.
Dimensions: H. 14 cm, L. 25 cm.
Period: 1920s.
Condition: Very good condition, minor signs of use.

Bio:
Founded in 1843 in Copenhagen, Ipsens Enke Ceramic Factory became known for its naturalistic and symbolist ceramic works. During the 1920s, the factory produced a series of figures and bowls inspired by the era’s fascination with exotic and historical subjects, executed with great technical precision and decorative finesse.