Featured Beautiful Israel "Kappar" Hand Painted Floral Vase, Artist Signed

EDIT: KADAR (How do I correct the title, please?) - Today I stopped in quickly at a resale shop that I've only been to once before. This gorgeous large hand painted floral vase caught my eye. I don't have a measuring tape right now but I'm estimating it to be about 16" - 18" high. (Sorry, it's still dirty as I want to carefully clean it & not sure how). I just thought it was so beautifully hand painted and different. I flipped it over and saw that the bottom was covered with old felt. Long story shorter, at the last minute, I made up my mind to buy it hoping that it would have some sort of mark. I was very happy to find that it is marked Israel "Kadar" with the artist signature. Does anybody recognize the artist, etc.? Or a guess at age? Thank you!

 

The word "Iznik" brought up a lot of hits.

 

I'm terrible with Hebrew, but are those letters "קדך"? Google translate says it means "courage"

 

I don't understand it all but, in my eyes, that looks right. Maybe someone can come along and confirm. Thank you, I think that's a great call!

 

it also spells Kadar !

All I can add is every one put felt bottoms on everything...in the 70's

 

Yes, I misspelled it in the title but I don't seem to be able to re-edit the title. Is there a way? And you're right about the felting! I remember watching my grandmother go around and glue felt onto the bottom of her things. She had a curio cabinet with all of her mother's things in it, too - Waterford, etc. that she felted.

 

Though not captured in the picture, the orange paint is iridescent. Not sure if that's clue but thought it worth mentioning.

 

the title stays that way......no worries....
next time..read twice before posting...

 

I found a mid-century modern artist by the name of "Rachel (Rahel) Aronova" but she did glass art work from what I can tell.

 

Maybe the pot was a blank...& she just did the painting....

after all...it says handpainted by...not Made By !...??

 

Yes, I was thinking that myself.

 

It would, Iznik is the magic name in Asia Minor and the Middle East.
But this isn't Iznik, Iznik is Turkish, and usually 15th-16th century. This is Israeli, signed as such, and second half of the 20th century.
A lovely vase, but forget Iznik.

 

Thank you for telling me this! It gets rather confusing as the word seems to be liberally applied. From reading, I took Iznik to mean the style and region, not necessarily the era.

 

Totally understandable.
Iznik is a Turkish town not too far from Istanbul, across the Bosporus.

The design on your vase looks very 'Islamic', similar designs are even found on the Taj Mahal in India.

 

Ha...from the artists name I was thinking Russian Jewish.....and the colors & design look kinda Russian inspired.....
Funny how we all see different things in art work......

 

Russian folk art flowers are generally more rounded, as if they are forever aspiring to be peonies.
Those thin, pointed tulips, the carnations and feather leaves are indeed very much like Iznik, which is probably how Rastella found Iznik. They are also found on the Taj Mahal.

 

hi, just saw this page. I can explain:"kadar" is, in Hebrew the one who makes "kadarut" which is ceramic. Rahel Aronova made in 1950 a vase (in my home) with the same inscription as yours (kadar, rahel aronova, hand made and the date 1950. it is written in English and in Hebrew: kadar, Israel. "kadar" was a ceramic factory in Haifa, Israel, from 1934 until 1967. I have found the name Rahel Aronov PInkhasov - perhaps (if it is the same woman) married. these are names of jewish Uzbekistan. 1911-1983. It can be, according the dates - but perhaps not.

 

Welcome @zami ravid , and thank you for your help.