'ELIZABETH', 1967

Details

TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
'ELIZABETH', 1967
executed by Iittala, moulded glass
10 ¼ in. (49 cm.) high; 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
engraved Timo Sarpaneva

Provenance

Timo Sarpaneva, thence by descent.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

This vase is one of only two executed, the other having been gifted by the designer to H.R.H Queen Elizabeth II upon Sarpeneva’s appointment as Honorary Doctor of Industrial Design, The Royal College of Art, London, 1967.

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