Tapio Wirkkala - Nordic Masters London Tuesday, September 20, 2016 | Phillips

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  • 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, p. 363
    Heikki Matiskainen, ed., Tapio Wirkkala: A Poet in Glass and Silver, Collection Kakkonen, exh. cat., Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, 2013, p. 240, fig. 25, p. 360, fig. 27

Property from a Private Collection, Helsinki

11

Large and rare bowl, model no. TW 143

designed 1957, produced 1974
Hammered precious metal.
4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.) high, 28.8 cm (11 3/8 in.) diameter
Handmade to order by Kultakeskus Oy, Hämeenlinna, Finland. Underside impressed with artist's mark, maker's mark, and marked with Finnish assay mark, purity mark 925 and date mark V7.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for £4,375

Contact Specialist
Madalena Horta e Costa
Head of Sale
+44 20 7318 4019

Nordic Masters

London Auction 21 September 2016