VOLGA, A WHITE CERAMIC VASE

Details

Mattheo Thun for Memphis, designed 1982
VOLGA, A WHITE CERAMIC VASE
Cylindrical body on ball-shaped base with dented applications and an applied pink conical neck
56.5 cm.

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Lot Essay

The vase was produced in two different versions, one with pink and one with grey decoration. The pink version was produced by Porcellane San Marco from 1982 until 1990.
For comparison see: Exhibition catalogue, Memphis 1981-1989, Groningen, Groninger Museum, 1989, ill.35
Exhibition catalogue, Memphis-Design,'s-Hertogenbosch, Kruithuis, 1984, p. 51
Barbara Radice, Memphis, Milano, 1984, p. 109

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