Lucie Rie, Vase with flaring lip

circa 1979
Mixed clays producing an integral pink, turquoise and brown spiral beneath the glaze.
30.9 x 14.5 x 13.7 cm (12 1/8 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Underside impressed with artist's seal.

Provenance

Private collection, London, gifted directly by the artist, circa 1979
Thence by descent

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. 51 for a similar example
Yoshiaki Inui, Issey Miyake Meets Lucie Rie, exh. cat., Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo, 1989, plate 45 for a similar example
Thomas Hoving, 'Serene Genius', Connoisseur Magazine, November 1989, p. 146 for a similar example
Margot Coatts, ed., Lucie Rie & Hans Coper: Potters in Parallel, exh. cat., Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1997, p. 91 for a similar example
Tony Birks, Lucie Rie, Catrine, 2009, p. 189 for a similar example