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The Pleasure of Objects: The Ian & Carolina Irving Collection

The Pleasure of Objects: The Ian & Carolina Irving Collection

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A Danish Silver "Pregnant Duck" Pitcher, No. 992, Designed by Henning Koppel, Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Copenhagen, 2001

No reserve

No Reserves

Auction Closed

January 30, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

of asymmetrical baluster form with upswept loop handle, marked on base


45 oz

1399.5 g

height 11 1/4 in.

28.6 cm

Designed by Henning Koppel about 1952, the original design is preserved in the Georg Jensen archive and was reproduced in Georg Jensen: Scandinavian Design for Living, Art Institute of Chicago, 2018, p. 102, which also showed an executed pitcher, cat. no. 109, fig. 86, pp. 170-71. The Georg Jensen website notes of this model, "today, Koppel’s precise curves are considered among this century’s best silver works."

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