Blue and gold hand-painted ceramic vase
Description
I’m missing my hand-painted ceramic vase, a small art piece that sits on my living room shelf. It’s about 8 inches tall, with a cobalt blue glaze and delicate gold flower patterns along the neck; the glaze is a bit uneven in spots where it was fired twice. On the bottom there’s a tiny star sticker that says 'Studio 17' and a faint signature I added myself years ago. I last saw it yesterday around 3:15pm outside the Hunter Museum of American Art on Bluff View Ave, after a quick chat with a friend; it holds sentimental value because it was a gift from my grandmother. If someone found it, I’d be really grateful to have it back.
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