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Bing & Grondahl Modernist Blue Tile Wall Art Piece, 1960s

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Exceptional Danish Mid-Century Modern piece of ceramic artistry. Handmade wall plaque made of six glazed tiles (each 15x15 cm) in dark blue, light blue, eggplant gray, gold and black colors, all handpainted with soft, organic, geometric shapes to depict Jonah and the whale with onlooking fish and underwater plants. Designed and hand-painted by Icelandic artist Runa Sigrun Gudjonsdottir and manufactured by Bing and Grondahl - later Royal Copenhagen - in the 1960s. Mounted in solid oak frame. Metal wire on the back for wall hanging. Signed "Runa" on bottom tile with B&G label on frame. Numbered on the back. Rare modernist Scandinavian art piece in beautiful vintage condition. Denmark, 1960s.

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