LOT WITHDRAWN

An Iittala Orkidea (orchid) glass vase designed by Timo Sarpaneva, model no.2868, swollen cylindrical, clear glass body with small aperture, applied paper label, etched marks including erroneous Tapio Wirkkala signature, and 2868, 34.5cm. high

Provenance

Design Since 1935, Sotheby's 29th October 1997, lot 653.

Private collection of Finnish glass.

Literature

Finnish Post War Glass, University of Sunderland, plate 19 for a comparable vase illustrated.

R Stennett-Willson, The Beauty of Modern Glass, Studio, page 56 for a comparable vase illustrated.

Catalogue notes

This vase was incorrectly signed Tapio Wirkkala in the factory, a genuine and interesting mistake as Iittala were producing designs by both Sarpaneva and Wirkkala at the time. This vase is the rarer, taller example produced with the sharper, ridged edge. Sotheby's suggests this version would have been exhibited at the Triennnales of the period.