This very impressive Italian vessel stands a mighty 12" high by 8" in diameter at its widest, and 1" at the tapered rim. (Shipping will be based upon your zip code for this very large vase.) It was made by Araldo and Anna Giannoni from Italian Pottery 'Ceramiche Giotto' in Monte San Savino, Italy. Araldo was a master potter and a leading figure in the Italian panorama of Italian Applied Arts. This awesome vase has a fiery red-orange shaded organic glaze over an earthy brown ground, accented with a hand painted signature yellow glaze band at the hip. While we are not sure of a 'line' name, it is decorated in unmistakable 'Giotto style'. After careful study, I estimate this vase to have been made c1960s-70s. The form is absolutely fabulous and large. It exudes a mid-century modern vibe from tip to toe that says 'PICK ME!'. It bears a small impressed mark in the center of the underside of the base, but we cannot read it. It is in original studio condition, no apologies. This Giotto vessel is a solid ten for size, design and condition. It makes a very strong mid-century modern presentation! A photo of the artists is in the line-up of pix. More about the artists:
Araldo Giannoni was the son of Giotto Giannoni, founder of Ceramiche Giotto in Monte San Savino, and creator of the unmistakable "Giotto style," beloved by Italian and foreign collectors, including Winston Churchill, Eisenhower, the House of Savoy, Countess Guicciardini, and Charles of Anjou. From his father, Araldo inherited his artistic skill, love of beauty, creative passion, and workshop: he trained as a modeler and potter as well as a painter, and continued the family business with his wife Anna, experimenting with new techniques such as enamel decoration, perpetuating historic Savino typologies and the "Giotto style," recovering forgotten ancient Tuscan models and creating originals. By the late 1970s, his home-workshop had become a gathering place for artists and intellectuals such as Fantoni, Gambone, and Brandimarte, with the annual "Ci ritroviamo da Giotto" meetings. On June 2, 2000, the Giotto workshop, and Araldo Giannoni, as its owner, were awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Araldo, a master ceramist from Monte San Savino, died in 2021. He was 84. Following his passing, the Artex Center for Artistic and Traditional Crafts of Tuscany issued a statement: "This is a great loss for the world of artistic craftsmanship: Araldo Giannoni was not only a refined ceramist and skilled decorator, who knew how to create beauty with his own hands, but also a master of art, a point of reference for artists and intellectuals," said Giovanni Lamioni, president of Artex.
The passing of Araldo Giannoni was a great loss for the entire world of artistic craftsmanship in Italy, as well as in Arezzo. Not only for those, like his daughter Arianna, who today continue the tradition of artistic ceramics in the historic workshop in Monte San Savino, nor for Confartigianato Arezzo, which had the honor of having him as a longtime member, having received numerous awards for his dedication to the Association.
Son of Giotto Giannoni, Araldo led for many years the prestigious family business that his father, a ceramist, had founded in the early 1920s. Giotto's artistic workshop immediately became one of the most important ceramics workshops in Tuscany. His innovative creations won major national and international awards, giving rise to the unmistakable "Giotto style." 

The Monte San Savino workshop also became a point of reference for many major international collectors, including figures such as Churchill and Eisenhower, and for the House of Savoy, which desired the family plates signed Giotto. Giotto passed away in 1963, but left his artistic flair, the business, and the ability to remain at the forefront to his son Araldo, who, in the family workshop, had become a highly skilled modeler, potter, and painter. With his wife Anna Varignani, also a ceramist, he continued the family business and truly took off, so much so that during the cultural fervor of the 1970s, the Giannoni home-workshop became a hub for intellectuals and men of culture, culminating in the organization of "Ci Ritroviamo da Giotto," an annual gathering of high-level Tuscan artists. On June 2, 2000, he was awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.