Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam

Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam

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Tapio Wirkkala

"Marsalkan Sauva" ("Marshals Baton") Vase

Auction Closed

October 15, 05:11 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Tapio Wirkkala

"Marsalkan Sauva" ("Marshals Baton") Vase


designed 1954, executed 1956

model no. TW-3590

executed by Iittala, Finland

mold-blown glass

incised TAPIO WIRKKALA IITTALA and dated 56

12 in. (30.4 cm) high approximately

2¾ in. (6.9 cm) maximum diameter

Private Collection Helsinki
Christie’s Amsterdam, November 18, 2003, lot 255
Tapio Wirkkala, Eye, Hand and Thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, p. 64