DANUBIO, A WHITE PORCELAIN VASE

Details

Mattheo Thun for Memphis, designed 1982
DANUBIO, A WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
Cylindrical body on two triangular feet with semi-circular handle and an applied pink conical neck
54.5 cm.
Stamped mark Thun per Memphis

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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.

See for comparison: Exhibition catalogue, Memphis 1981-1988, Groningen, Groninger Museum, 1989, ill. 35
Exhibition catalogue, Memphis-Design, 's-Hertogenbosch, Kruithuis, 1984, p. 51

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