Dame Lucie Rie (British, 1902-1995)
Pot, circa 1970s
Stoneware
Grey pitted glaze with manganese speckle and diagonal sgraffito
6 ¾ H. x 3 ¾ W. x 3 ¾ D. inches
Artists cipher underneath: LR
Provenance:
Peter Marino, 1997
Private collection
Dame Lucie Rie (British, 1902-1995)
Rice Bowl, circa 1978
Porcelain, white glaze with manganese rim and semi-perforations
4 ⅜ H. x 7 ½ diameter, inches
Stamped with artist cipher underneath: LR
Paper label underneath: 84
Provenance:
The artist, London, England.
James Graham & Sons, New York, circa 1980.
Betty Lee and Aaron Stern, New York.
Phillips, New York, “The Betty Lee and Aaron Stern Collection,” December 17, 2010, lot 97.
Private collection, Asia.
Phillips, New York, “Moved by Beauty: Works by Lucie Rie from an Important Asian Collection,” December 11, 2024, lot 23.
References:
John Houston, ed., Lucie Rie: A Survey of her Life and Work, exh. cat., Crafts Council and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981, p. 75 for a similar example.
Serene Beauty: Lucie Rie Retrospective 100th Anniversary of her Birth, exh. cat., The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park / The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, 2002, p. 54 for a similar example.
Dame Lucie Rie (British, 1902-1995)
Bulbous Vase with Flared Rim, circa 1980s
Porcelain
Bronze manganese glaze over brown
Bare clay bands crossed with linear sgraffito and blue inlay design
10 ¼ H. x 4 ¾ Diameter, inches
Artists cipher underneath: LR
Provenance:
Peter Marino, 1997
Private collection