Studio: Saxbo

Designer: Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997)

Period: 1949

Country: Denmark

Size: H: 7.5 cm [3.0 inches], W: 16 cm [6.3 inches]

Details and Condition: Beautiful scattered green glaze bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Saxbo. Marked with the Saxbo yin-yang symbol encircled, the model number 3 and IV (model size), “Saxbo Denmark, four dots (mark of Sigurd Kjær (Saxbo's master turner) and 1 (production year 1949). The yin-yang symbol encircled was used in the “last” Saxbo period from 1949-1968. Saxbo (1930-1968) is now widely recognized as one of the finest independent ceramic workshops in Scandinavia with a wide and far ranging influence on several generations of ceramicists. Today, pieces are included in the collections of the Copenhagen Industrial Arts Museum, The Swedish National Museum, the New York Museum of Modern Art and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Arts.