British Art Pottery & Design - 20th October 2021
Lot 316
A Memphis Milano Alcor glass vase designed by Ettore Sottsass
Estimate £2,000 - £2,500
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Description
A Memphis Milano Alcor glass vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, made by Compagnia Vetraria Muranese, designed 1983, clear, green and opaque white glass swollen panels, applied with black spiral, blue and golden-brown geometric panels, etched to base rim E Sottsass per Memphis by Compagnia Vetraria Muranese, 49cm. high
Provenance
Bonhams Auctioneers, January 1997.
Tom Watkins Collection
Literature
Sottsass Glass Works, Vitrum, page 24 for an original design, dated 1983 and page 25 for a comparable example illustrated.
Barbara Radice Memphis, page 158 for a comparable example illustrated.