Description:

Jais Nielsen for Royal Copenhagen, vase, model 5543.

Stoneware vase with a rounded body, gently sloping shoulders and narrow neck. A pale green glaze highlights the biblical figures in relief, including the Virgin Mary and Joseph. First quality.

Origin: Denmark.
Designer: Jais Nielsen.
Material: Glazed stoneware.
Dimensions: H. 25 cm, D. 10 cm.
Period: 1930s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Jais Nielsen (1885–1961) was a Danish painter and ceramicist and an early exponent of modernism in Denmark. He began working with Royal Copenhagen in the early 1920s, creating stoneware with sculptural forms and distinctive relief decoration. Biblical narratives were a recurring theme in his ceramics. He received the Eckersberg Medal in 1929 and the Thorvaldsen Medal in 1948.