AN ENGLISH CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PORCELAIN TEA AND COFFEE SET,
Lot 261 Property of a Private West Coast Collection

AN ENGLISH CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PORCELAIN TEA AND COFFEE SET,

MARK OF EDMUND DE WAAL, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY,

Closed12 December 2013

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AN ENGLISH CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PORCELAIN TEA AND COFFEE SET,
MARK OF EDMUND DE WAAL, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY,
each of irregular cylindrical form, covered in a pale celadon crackle glaze, comprising a coffee pot and cover, a teapot and cover, a sugar jar and cover, and a cream jug and cover; together with three cylindrical bud vases and a flat lid
The teapot 9in. (22.9cm.) high, over wire handle (12)

Specialist note

Edmund de Waal, bestselling author of "The Hare with Amber Eyes", just completed his first exhibition in the United States, a major show of new work at Gagosian Gallery, entitled Atemwende. A New York Times article anticipating the show at Gagosian's Madison Avenue location quoted the artist as he spoke about his own work, saying it is the "language of sculpture, it's about multiples and early minimalism; poetry and words and spaces between words and sounds. When I make something, I hear it," (Vogel, Carol. "Poetry Written in Porcelain" New York Times 29 Aug. 2013: AR1)