Φ Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995)

Φ Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995)

a large and impressive stoneware vase, swollen, faceted-cylindrical form, incised with vertical lines, covered with a mint green and manganese glaze

impressed seal mark, fine hairline from top rim,

35.5cm. high

Provenance

Private collection, Surrey, acquired in the mid 1990s.

Literature

Tony Birks, Lucie Rie, Marston House, page 129 for a black and white photograph including a comparable vase in the permanent display of pots in Lucie's workshop.

Lucie Rie The Adventure of Pottery, Kettle's Yard, page 186 fig.1 for a portrait of Lucie Rie standing before a display of her work at Albion Mews, 1986 with a comparable large vase.

Dame Lucie Rie, Sale of a Lifetime, Bonhams, 17th April 1997, lot 151 for a tall cylindrical vase with comparable sgraffito and glaze, dated to circa 1953.