Sold
$13,970
Est
$8,000
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$12,000
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MOVED BY BEAUTY: WORKS BY LUCIE RIE FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
ARTIST
Lucie Rie
Size
4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) high
Description
Medium
Porcelain, flowing manganese glaze with bands of sgraffito circles around the shoulder.
Signature
Underside impressed with artist's seal.
Provenance
Primavera Gallery, London
Private collection, the Netherlands, acquired from the above, 1968
Phillips, London, "Design," September 20, 2017, lot 11
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
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. 81 for a similar example
Tony Birks, Lucie Rie, Yeovil, 1994, p. 166 for a similar example
Emmanuel Cooper, Lucie Rie: Modernist Potter, New Haven, 2012, fig. 84 for a similar example