Small vase with a wide, undulating opening, glazed turquoise inside and matt black outside.
Origin: Denmark.
Designer: Gunnar Nylund.
Material: Glazed ceramic.
Dimensions: H. 5 cm, D. 8 cm.
Period: 1970s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.
Bio:
Gunnar Nylund (1904–1997) was a Swedish-Danish ceramicist and architect, born in Paris. He worked at Bing & Grøndahl and in 1929 founded, together with Nathalie Krebs, the workshop that became Saxbo. From the 1930s he was for many years artistic director at Rörstrand and later also worked as a freelance designer for Nymølle in Denmark.