Sold
$88,900
Est
$30,000
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$50,000
Live Auction
MOVED BY BEAUTY: WORKS BY LUCIE RIE FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
ARTIST
Lucie Rie
Size
4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) high, 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) diameter
Description
Medium
Porcelain, golden manganese glaze with radiating inlaid and sgraffito design.
Signature
Underside impressed with artist's seal.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany
Phillips, London, "Design," September 27, 2012, lot 111
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Christian Scheffler, Lucie Rie, exh. cat. Hetjens-Museum Deutsches Keramikmuseum Düsseldorf, 1980, n.p. for a similar example
John Houston, ed., Lucie Rie: A Survey of her Life and Work, exh. cat., Crafts Council and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981, p. 88 for a similar example
Serene Beauty: Lucie Rie Retrospective 100th Anniversary of her Birth, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park / The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, 2002, p. 41 for a similar example