Vintage 50s Hedi Schoop Hollywood MCM Ceramic Asian Lady Vase Figurine Planter

Vintage 50s Hedi Schoop Hollywood MCM Ceramic Asian Lady Vase Figurine PlanterThis piece is signed by Hedi on the bottom.Rare colorway Can be a planter, vase, statue figurine, or just decorative!Measures 12.5” Tall & 5.5” Wide Hedi Schoop was born in Switzerland and an accomplished dancer in Germany, married to a well-known composer, Frederick Hollander. In 1933 Schoop and her husband fled Nazi Germany. After settling in Hollywood she began experimenting first in plaster and later in pottery, and soon became one of Califoria's most respected manufacturers of ceramic products.Almost all the pieces produced at Schoop's North Hollywood factory were personally designed and modeled by Hedi.Business thrived in the 1950s, but a disastrous fire destroyed her factory in 1958. Schoop chose not to rebuild, instead selling some of her molds to other local manufacturers, and doing some design work for The California Cleminsons. Hedi Schoop retired from the pottery business in the early sixties.This vase does have some minor defects. There are a couple chips on the paint on her face & flowers that adorn her crown. There is also a chip on the flower bouquet she holds in her right hand on bottom. I photo all these above so please take a look at all the photos! regencycore, princesscore, romantic, whimsical, dreamy, feminine, delicate, elegant, graceful, poetic, timeless, ethereal, regal, beautiful, art deco