Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase leather box when closed 11 1/4" tall

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

showing the irregularities in the bone more dramatically than they appear to the eye

with the bottom drawer divided into several compartments

The weaving on it seems pretty complicated to this novice

Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase leather box when closed 11 1/4" tallQuintessentially 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