Lot 197 , Dame Lucie Rie D.B.E. (1902-1995). A porcelain bottle vase and a small flaring bowl, diam. 9.5cm, faults

Dame Lucie Rie D.B.E. (1902-1995). A porcelain bottle vase and a small flaring bowl, the bottle vase with angular body sgraffito decorated with brown diagonal lines to the central band, dark brown glazed neck, impressed monogram mark, 13.3cm, and the flaring bowl with bronze metallic and brown glaze, impressed monogram mark, diam. 9.5cm, faults
Estimate £400-600

Bottle vase has two splinter chips to the inner edge of the top rim measuring 6 x 3mm and 8 x 1.5mm, otherwise there are no chips, cracks or restoration.
The flaring bowl has a repair to each side of the rim, first has been broken off in two sections measuring 50 x 11.8mm with some sort of copper coloured restoration around the area, the second breakage is 3 pieces which have been restuck measuring 73mm across x 24 mm at the deepest with again some sort of copper touching up or restoration around the areas.
Both with slight flaking to the glaze around the cracking in certain areas.


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Sold for £1,200