a stoneware sculpture of a bear cub, Arabia, Finland.
Glazed in brown and some beige, signed with a stamp SCHILKIN ARABIA. Length 25 cm.
Minor chip to base.
Kurt Ekholm (1907-1975). Ekholm was the artistic director at Arabia from 1932 to 1948. After moving to Sweden he became a teacher and later the principal at Slöjdföreningens skola (the School of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg) from 1948 to 1966.
Thence by descent.