Tapio Wirkkala - Important Design London Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, Hämeenlinna

  • Literature

    Marianne Aav, Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Gordon Bowyer, et al., Tapio Wirkkala: eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, pp. 358, 364
    Heikki Matiskainen, ed., Tapio Wirkkala: A Poet in Glass and Silver, exh. cat., Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, 2013, pp. 226, 375

82

Bowl, model no. TW 243, for a private commission, Finland

1968
Hammered precious metal.
10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.) high, 26.5 cm (10 3/8 in.) diameter
Produced by Kultakeskus Oy, Hämeenlinna, Finland. Exterior side marked with maker's mark, Finnish assay mark, purity mark 916H, Hämeenlinna town mark, date mark P7/impressed KÄSITYÖ/artist's monogram TW.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 

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Madalena Horta E Costa
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Important Design

London Auction 18 October 2018