Design - Day Two - 19th October 2023
Lot 379
Φ A Memphis Milano Alcor glass vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, made by Compagnia Vetraria
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1000
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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.
The Tom Watkins Collection.
Literature
Barbara Radice, Memphis, Thames & Hudson page 158 for a comparable vase illustrated.