Lucie Rie
circa 1965
Porcelain, manganese and terracotta glaze with sgraffito design.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) high, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm) diameter
Underside impressed with artist’s seal.

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. 82 for similar examples
Yoshiaki Inui, Issey Miyake Meets Lucie Rie, exh. cat., Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo, 1989, pp. 56, 107 for a similar example
Mienke Simon Thomas, ed., The essential potness; Lucie Rie and Hans Coper in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, exh. cat., Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2014, pp. 119, 121 for similar examples

Private collection, London
Thence by descent
Phillips, New York, "Design," November 14, 2009, lot 123
Acquired from the above by the present owner