Painted Horsehair Plaster Vintage Bas-relief Grecian Couple in Profile Vaclavand Betty Vytacil I love the directness and

I love the directness and simplicity of the black face

This piece was created at  Lapid Pottery Works in Tel Aviv

this would be great filled with all sorts of bright and cheerful flowers

and I am not sure of the age

really minor

Painted Horsehair Plaster Vintage Bas-relief Grecian Couple in Profile Vaclavand Betty Vytacil I love the directness andPretty unusual, but I think this old painted horsehair plaster bas relief of what I assume is a Grecian couple (he's wearing a laurel wreath) makes for a pretty striking object to hang on the wall; it rather makes me want to go out and start training for the olympics! I am not sure its history, but assume it was once part of a wall relief, perhaps in a civic building, or maybe even an old gymnasium. I'd guess maybe 1920s, but am not entirely sure; it