Tall Gunnar Nylund Rorstrand Chamotte Vase Group

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Tall Gunnar Nylund Rorstrand Chamotte Vase Group

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...SOLD OCT 2012... Exceptional and captivating group of three tall fully marked vases by Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997) dating from the 1930's and produced by the Swedish firm Rorstrand. Highly textural chamotte stoneware, the three distinctly varied forms work well together, their glazes, each different, yet neutral and cohesive. The first, a melon like ribbed vase with translucent yellow glaze and a dark brown inner glaze. The second, a white glazed fluted columnar vase with a collar neck and lastly, a flaring eliptical form vase with an unusual pearlescent yellow glaze. This last vase has a very faint and old hairline near the top on one side (note the last picture). An incredible grouping, all with good heights. Price is for the group of three. Yellow with Ribs 9 1/2" high x 5 1/2" diameter. White fluted 10 1/2" high x 6" diameter. Yellow Eliptical 9 1/2" high, 6 3/4 x 4 at the top. Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997) hugely important, was a Swedish ceramic designer since the 1930s, best known as the artistic director of Rörstrand, was already a well-established ceramic artist in Denmark first at the Bing & Grøndahl Porcelain factory in Copenhagen 1925-28. Later, in 1928, in collaboration with chemist Nathalie Krebs, he started a ceramics workshop, which became Saxbo in 1930, which kept making his stoneware until 1932. Nylund worked for Rörstrand from 1931–1955, the majority of the time as artistic director. Earlier, SAXBO stoneware generated a lot of attention at a Svenskt Tenn exhibition, the same year that Nylund was recruited to Rörstrand, and in order to start crafting stoneware the young ceramist was moved to the company’s factory in Lidköping and there he succeeded, thanks to his own specially developed technique, to produce the first Swedish matte glazed stoneware and sculptures in shimmering colorful stoneware chamotte, which was very popular and had an important impact on modern Swedish ceramics. He later became well known for his new matte feldspar glazed stoneware in hare’s fur and crystal glazes and for his stoneware animal sculptures.

Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Diameter: 6 in (15.24 cm)
Place of Origin:
Sweden
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
1930's
Condition:
Excellent, one with faint hairline.
Seller Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: U12090283011022