Thomas 'Sam' Haile - The Art of Fire: Selections from the Dr John P. Driscoll Collection London Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Sotheby's, Belgravia, 'Studio Ceramics', 6 December 1979, lot 166
    Christopher Wood Gallery, London, Autumn 1980
    Phillips, London, 'Contemporary Ceramics', 26 October 2000, lot 17

  • Exhibited

    'British 20th Century Studio Ceramics', Christopher Wood Gallery, London, Autumn 1980, cat. 44

  • Literature

    Paul Rice, Marianne Haile, Victor Margrie and Eugene Dana, Sam Haile: Potter and Painter, London, 1993, p. 49 for a jug with a comparable design in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

29

Vase with surrealist designs

circa 1946
Earthenware, slips and glazes with incised abstracted figural designs.
28.2 cm (11 1/8 in.) high
Impressed with artist's seal.

Estimate
£3,000 - 4,000 

Sold for £3,024

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Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
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The Art of Fire: Selections from the Dr John P. Driscoll Collection

London Auction in association with Maak