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KARHUN PÄÄ (BEAR'S HEAD) PENDANT
Details
TAPIO WIRKKALA; Finland
KARHUN PÄÄ (BEAR'S HEAD) PENDANT
designed 1966, handmade to order by Nilo Westerback, 1971, two-colour yellow metal with brilliants, stamped marks NW, 525, S7 to pendant, collar stamped 585
2½in.(6.5cm) width pendant
KARHUN PÄÄ (BEAR'S HEAD) PENDANT
designed 1966, handmade to order by Nilo Westerback, 1971, two-colour yellow metal with brilliants, stamped marks NW, 525, S7 to pendant, collar stamped 585
2½in.(6.5cm) width pendant
Literature
Tapio Wirkkala, Aav, Museum of Art & Design, Helsinki, 2000, pp.176, 194-195
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
This design was originally produced 1966-67 by Wirkkala as a gift to his wife, the ceramacist Ruth Bryk.