Black vase, 1950s, stoneware, black glaze, white rim, one off piece created by Lucie Rie in 1950. H. 8.66 in. (22 cm). Diam. 4.92 in. (12.5 cm). Price: €8.500. Photo courtesy Officine Saffi

Provenance: From Anita Besson Gallery collection.

Exhibited: Lucie Rie, Crafts Council, 1992, number 5.5, Lucie Rie & Hans Coper, Potters in Parallel, Barbican Art Gallery, Feb-May 1997, cat. no. 2.8, Lucie Rie, Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, June 1999, Anita Besson, A Lifelong Passion, Officine Saffi Gallery, Milan, 2012.