This vintage mid-century modern Heinz Martin for Jopeko Keramik No. 60 Space Age Rocket era hand sculpted vase with a 3-sided tripod base is glazed in matte bird-egg-blue topped with white froth fat lava glaze contrasted by 3 black matte starburst ovals framing a glossy glaze geometric puzzle design. It’s aggressive in style, visually brutalist, very avant-garde, AND LARGE standing about 12.25” tall x 5" x 5" x 5" x 3 pounds. It’s in EXCELLENT, even EXCEPTIONAL condition: NO chips, cracks, fleabites, stains, or repairs. Please be sure to zoOM detailed 360° pics to evaluate. Glad to answer questions before bidding.

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You have the very rare Heinz Martin for Jopeko Keramik form number 60 triangular/3-sided slab-built cylinder vase elevated by three distinct pointed stilts or legs protruding from the base, extending to the top (see example picture). Because it was a highly sculpted art piece rather than a round, wheel-thrown or standard machine-molded vase, the base points were left unglazed, flat, smooth, and un-lipped.   During the peak Space Age era (1960’s into 1970’s), Jopeko artist Heinz Martin broke away from traditional vase shapes to make a limited few avant-garde geometric space-age statement pieces. Heinz Martin leveraged these silhouettes for Jopeko pairing sharp geometric profiles with frothy lava glazes, like your form number 60. They were hallmarked by the decorator, perhaps even Martin, with a dark glaze pencil or manganese oxide brush to hand-write the model name, in this case, "No. 60".

Your specific glaze mix is highly documented and celebrated among West German pottery collectors: Base Glaze: The light blue matte finish is a signature Jopeko pastel shade popular in the early 1960s catalog. The "Foamy" Lava Top: That thick, crusty, rough white volcanic eruption cascading over the blue is the quintessential "Fat Lava" reactive glaze. It was created by mixing silicon carbide into a white glaze, causing it to aggressively bubble, foam, and crater over the contrasting base layer during firing.

Value Breakdown: The "Tripod" Premium ($$$): Standard round or handled West German vases generally sell for $40 to $120. However, sculptural tripod (three-legged) shapes command a massive premium because they are far scarcer and heavily sought after by Mid-Century Modern interior designers.

The Size Factor: At 12.25 inches tall, your piece is a major statement size. Most surviving tripod vases are smaller table sizes (around 6 to 9 inches). A larger height significantly pushes the price toward the higher end of the spectrum.

The Glaze Appeal: The contrasting combination of a matte pastel blue base layer paired with a heavy, deeply cratered white "foamy" volcanic glaze represents the exact visual aesthetic peak of the Fat Lava era. The contrast of the three black matte starburst surround cameos of geometric shapes in red, blue-green, and white gloss finish glaze takes it to yet another level.

Conclusion: Your undamaged 12.25-inch Jopeko form number 60 Tripod Vase is a highly desirable, upper-tier collector's item. Based on current retail trends for rare mid-century space-age German ceramics, its market value falls within the $350 to $650 USD range.