Lot Essay
The 'Rara Avis' collection was designed in 1982 and completed in 1989. There were twenty pieces produced in the edition.
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A CERAMIC TEAPOT
BY MATTEO THUN FROM THE 'RARA AVIS' COLLECTION FOR ANTHOLOGIE QUARTETT, 1989
The stylized pale grey teapot with stepped decoration and an arched handle of paired grey and white cubes, the grey body with pale peach crazed decoration and a bright orange spout, the iridescent white stopper also with stepped decoration, signed THUN SARRI 1982 13/20 A S 1989 and impressed with the firm's marks
12in. (30.5cm.) high, 20½in. (52.1cm.) wide
BY MATTEO THUN FROM THE 'RARA AVIS' COLLECTION FOR ANTHOLOGIE QUARTETT, 1989
The stylized pale grey teapot with stepped decoration and an arched handle of paired grey and white cubes, the grey body with pale peach crazed decoration and a bright orange spout, the iridescent white stopper also with stepped decoration, signed THUN SARRI 1982 13/20 A S 1989 and impressed with the firm's marks
12in. (30.5cm.) high, 20½in. (52.1cm.) wide