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Whimsical aquatic themed art pottery vase, MICA, Italian mid 20th century.  

The vase is decorated with raised brightly enamelled fish, their exhaled air bubbles and water lilies, against a black matte ground.

Painted trademark on the base:  Mica Italy K917/40

MICA, Manifattura Italiana Ceramica Artistica, established in 1928 by siblings Guilo, Giannino and Gianina Ciampi in Sesto Fiorentino, a suburb of Florence; active into the late 1950s.  Their use of gold is indicative of their work after WWII.

There is a repair to one lily pad. 

14 3/4” (37.5cm) high, 10” (25.4cm) diameter.