Sale 1979
New York
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26 March 2008
Price realised
USD 22,500
Estimate
LUCIE RIE (1902-1995) A Porcelain Bottle, circa 1960 thinly coated with manganese 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) high impressed LR
Provenance
Christie's, Amsterdam, World Ceramics: The J.W.N. van Achterbergh Collection, 1 November 2005, lot 159.
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cf. T. Birks, Lucy Rie, London, 1987, p. 144 for a similar example.
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