Paola Staccioli Ceramic Vase With Copper Color Abstract Horses on a blue green copper oxide background. Italian Home Decor. Italian Pottery. Born in Scandicci, near Florence, Paolo Staccioli began his career as an artist in the 1970s, starting out as a painter. In the early 1990s, the need to experiment with a new artistic vocabulary encouraged him to move to Faenza, in the workshop of a local ceramist and potter. Having fully mastered the technique, Staccioli set up his own workshop in Scandicci, where he continued to experiment with the use of fire and copper oxides. Through the years, he has taken part in awards and exhibitions that have won him a place of prestige in the field of contemporary art. Piece comes with soft cover book of artist's vases. Measures approx 16.5 inches tall x 2 inches in diameter. Book on artist included, made in Italay, italian arts and crafts, decorative arts,