Axel Salto

"Fruit Form" Vase

Live auction begins on:

June 11, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Bid

13,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important New York Collection

Axel Salto

"Fruit Form" Vase

designed circa 1946, executed circa 1970, model no. 20818

stoneware with "sung" glazes

incised SALTO 20818, painted blue wave mark, and stamped ROYAL/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK

8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm) high

6 ½ in. (16.5 cm) diameter

Hostler Burrows, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Axel Salto, Den Spirende Stil, Copenhagen, 1949, p. 48 (for a related example)

Pierre Lübecker, Salto, Copenhagen, 1952, n.p

Susanne Bruhn and Christina Rauh Oxbøll, eds., Axel Salto: Master of Stoneware, exh. cat., CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, Middelfart, 2017, p. 180

Sanne Flyvbjerg, Playing with fire : Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, Oslo, 2023, n.p.