Lot 10. Lucie Rie, Large bowl, circa 1970. Stoneware, matte white glaze with golden manganese lip. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm) diameter. Impressed with artist's seal. Estimate $30,000 - 50,000. Sold for $52,500. Photo courtesy Philipps
PROVENANCE: Gift from Dame Lucie Rie to her cousin Kurt Braun, on the occasion of his 50th wedding anniversary, 1970
Thence by descent to the present owner
LITERATURE: Issey Miyake Meets Lucie Rie, exh. cat., Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo, 1989, pp. 27, 114 for similar examples
Tony Birks, Lucie Rie, Yeovil, 1994, p. 167 for a similar example
Lucie Rie: A Retrospective, exh. cat., The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2010, p. 231, fig. 178 for a similar example.
Philipps. DESIGN - NEW YORK AUCTION, 9 JUNE 2016