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Sun rose, teapot

Sun rose, teapot
(Aurinkoruusu)
designed 1953; 1958 {decoration designed}; manufactured (1960-1975)

Medium
stoneware, cane
Measurements
(a-b) 19.8 × 21.0 × 16.1 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Helsinki, Finland
Inscription
(a) painted in black on base c.: ARABIA / FINLAND / HLA/LP
impressed (diagonally) (inverted) on base l.r.: G● A-3
Accession Number
2017.1068.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A globular, satin finished white-glazed teapot with flat domed lid and cane handle; the body is decorated in a painterly manner on one side with a couple of large sunflowers.