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Axel Salto (b. Copenhagen 1889, d. Frederiksberg 1961)

A round stoneware vase modelled in budded style. Decorated with dilou glaze. Signed Salto, 20708. Royal Copenhagen. Designed 1944. Made 1954. H. 18 cm. Diam. 13.5 cm.

Provenance: According to information from the seller, the vase used to belong to physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize Niels Bohr and his wife Margrethe Nørlund Bohr.

Literature: “Axel Salto - Master of Stoneware”, CLAY - Keramikmuseum Danmark, model ill. p. 177, no. 213.

Auction

Silver, ceramics, furniture, lamps and carpets, 30 September 2021

Category
Estimate

25,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

45,000 DKK