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TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
Lot 177

TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006

'ELIZABETH', 1967

Closed26 October 2016

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GBP 12,500

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TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
'ELIZABETH', 1967
executed by Iittala, moulded glass
10 ¼ in. (49 cm.) high; 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
engraved Timo Sarpaneva

Timo Sarpaneva, thence by descent.

Specialist note

This vase is one of only two executed, the other having been gifted by the designer to H.R.H Queen Elizabeth II upon Sarpeneva’s appointment as Honorary Doctor of Industrial Design, The Royal College of Art, London, 1967.