Important Design, Featuring Works from the Schlumberger Collection

Important Design, Featuring Works from the Schlumberger Collection

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Works from the Collection of Joel Shapiro

Axel Salto

Vase in the "Sprouting" Style

Live auction begins on:

December 10, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Bid

42,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Works from the Collection of Joel Shapiro

Axel Salto

Vase in the "Sprouting" Style


designed circa 1955

stoneware with "oxblood" glazes

incised SALTO, stamped ROYAL/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK and with the painted blue wave mark

14 in. (35.6 cm) high

11 in. (27.9 cm) diameter

Antik, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001

Susanne Bruhn and Christina Rauh Oxbøll, eds., Axel Salto: Master of Stoneware, exh. cat., CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, Middelfart, 2017, p. 20 (for the model)