'Terraqueous Jar with Erosion', a stoneware vase by <I>Elizabeth Fritsch</I>, compressed sack form with tapered neck and everted shaped rim, painted bands of diagonal decoration of burnished earth colours, the rim with narrow band of similar decoration in crimson, amber and black-green and shaped blue panels, 1984 | Christie's

Sale 4844

British Decorative Arts & Art Deco

London

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9 October 1992

Browse Sale

Lot 729

'Terraqueous Jar with Erosion', a stoneware vase by Elizabeth Fritsch, compressed sack form with tapered neck and everted shaped rim, painted bands of diagonal decoration of burnished earth colours, the rim with narrow band of similar decoration in crimson, amber and black-green and shaped blue panels, 1984

Price realised

GBP 4,400

Estimate

GBP 4,000 - GBP 5,000

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'Terraqueous Jar with Erosion', a stoneware vase by Elizabeth Fritsch, compressed sack form with tapered neck and everted shaped rim, painted bands of diagonal decoration of burnished earth colours, the rim with narrow band of similar decoration in crimson, amber and black-green and shaped blue panels, 1984
38.5cm. high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Peter Dormer & David Cripps, Elizabeth Fritsch in Studio, London 1985, p.90, illustrated
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