Ettore Sottsass, Jr., Lidded box, model no. Y/27, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series

circa 1969
Glazed eathenware.
13.6 x 18.3 x 18.4 cm (5 3/8 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Distributed by Design Centre, Milan, Italy. Underside signed Sottsass/Y / 27.

Provenance:
Enrico Perroni, Villa Guardia, Como, circa 1972
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature:
'Ettore Sottsass Ceramiche dal 1955 al 1970', Domus, no. 749, May 1993, p. 73
Fulvio Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass Tutta la Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 171
Fulvio Ferrari, Sottsass: 1000 Ceramics, Turin, 2017, p. 148