PRIMATES BRAZZA GLOSSY BEIGE CERAMIC WITH METAL DETAILS VASE
The PRIMATES BRAZZA GLOSSY BEIGE CERAMIC WITH METAL DETAILS VASE by Elena Salmistraro is a portrait of the natural world rendered through the language of high decorative ceramic vase — an object that holds your gaze long before you think about putting flowers in it.
The vase sculpture takes the form of a mandrill’s face, abstracted just enough to become something more than representation, yet observed with enough precision to convey the animal’s distinctive dignified gravity. Its oval body in glossy greyhound ceramic forms the skull and jaw. The eyes are large, gold-glazed ovals with white pupils — expressive, watchful, and subtly commanding. Below them, billowing teal-glazed cheek pads textured with a dense raised-dot pattern flank a naturalistically modelled nose, giving the face its characteristic mandrill breadth.
A flowing sculpted gold chin-beard tapers to a point below the mouth, its surface catching light in shifting gradations of warm metal. At the crown, a copper-glazed dimpled band arcs across the head like a visor, its tactile texture contrasting sharply against the smooth beige ceramic below. A ribbed pale blue arc between crown and eyes completes the chromatic layering of the piece.
Together these elements — greyhound beige, teal, gold, copper, pale blue — build a portrait simultaneously zoological and fantastical. Salmistraro’s design does what great ceramics should: it makes the natural world feel thrilling again.
Perfectly suited as a flower vase sculpture or displayed alone as a standalone sculptural statement for home decor.
Specifications
- Material: Fine glazed ceramics
- Designer: Elena Salmistraro
- Collection: Primates
- Body finish: Glossy greyhound (beige)
- Detail glazes: Teal (cheek pads), metallic gold (eyes, beard), copper (crown band), pale blue (brow ridge)
- Surface textures: Raised dot pattern on cheeks and crown; ribbed brow arc
Dimensions
- Width: 10.2 in
- Depth: 10.2 in
- Height: 15.7 in

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