Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - 20th March 2019

Lot 371

‡Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995) A fine

Estimate £6,000 - £10,000 | Hammer £24000

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Description

‡Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995)

A fine, flaring conical bowl on slender foot, stoneware inlaid with green lines, with controlled golden manganese rim and band to foot, impressed seal mark, 11.5cm. high, 19.5cm. diam.

Literature

John Houston Lucie Rie, Crafts Council, page 63 plate 39 for a comparable bowl circa 1980-81.

Cyril Frankel Modern Pots, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and the Contemporaries, UEA, page 131 catalogue number 106 and 107 for two comparable bowls.

Provenance

British & Continental Decorative Arts from 1860 to the Present Day Christie's King Street, 16th November 1994 lot 16.

Private collection.