This high quality ceramic art jug vase was created by the German ceramic artist Helma Klett (1908-1996) during the 1940s. The large sculptural vessel has an impressive glaze in hues of rust-red which is accentuated by an abstract modernist decor. It is signed with 'HK' and is stamped with the logo of Helma Klett's ceramic workshop. The vase comes from a private art collection. Helma Klett was trained by the renown ceramist Siegfried Graham in Römhild during the 1930s. The ceramist founded her artistic pottery workshop in the village of Fredelsloh, Northern Germany in 1940. She followed the modernist principles of the Bauhaus as well as traditional design in her work and this duality makes it very interesting. This piece has an attribution mark, I am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution