Sold for:
$42,500
$42,500
Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Important and monumental teardrop bottle with flaring top
USA, 1960 wheel-thrown earthenware with blue crystalline glaze 8¾ dia x 16 h in (22 x 41 cm)
result: $42,500
An extraordinary work, this example is superior to the form featured on the cover of the Form and Fire exhibition catalog.
Glazed signature to underside: [Natzler] with applied paper label to side: [K751].
provenance: Acquired in the early 1960s by the present owner
literature: Form and Fire: Natzler Ceramics 1939- 1972 , Renwick Gallery exhibition catalog, cover and pg. 55 illustrate similar form
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-12-13
