Lot 82
DAME LUCIE RIE D.B.E. (AUSTRIAN/BRITISH 1902–1995) §
EARLY OPEN BOWL, c.1942-5
Auction: 30 October from 10:00 GMT
Description
initialled L.R. mark in blue (to base), earthenware, matt black glaze heavily loaded with copper oxide to the outside of the bowl, creating a crackled effect, with white opaque glaze to the inside
Dimensions
7.3cm high, 19.5cm diameter (2 7/8in high, 7 5/8in diameter)
Provenance
The Collection of Gerda Flöckinger C.B.E.
Footnote
Exhibited:
Crafts Council Gallery, London, Lucie Rie: A Crafts Council Exhibition, 30 January - 5 April 1992, cat. no.2.1.
Working first in Vienna and then, after her move, in London, Rie spent the 1930s and early 1940s producing earthenware. The pots she made for the table in this period were thrown on the wheel, then finished either by burnishing them to a soft sheen or by covering them entirely in black or white glaze; those that were glazed had to be fired resting on stilts.
