Limited edition vase from the Ruins series – Ettore Sottsass

Lot: 775

Ettore Sottsass
Limited edition vase from the Ruins series

Designed in 1992. Manufactured by Ceramica Flavia for Design Gallery. For the Rovine (Ruins) exhibition in Milan. White clay, cast with gray glaze. Number three of three artist's proofs. 49.5 x 40 x 16.5 cm. Inscribed on the underside: Ettore Sottsass 1992 PA III/III.

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Hammer Price: 2,400 €

K-16B - Auction Part 2
15. November 2025 at 11:00 AM CET

Literature:

Provenance: From the Otto Bantele Collection. Bruno Bischofberger (ed.), Ettore Sottsass-Die Keramik, Kilchberg/Zurich 1995, ill. p. 169. Fulvio Ferrari: Chronology, in: Ettore Sottsass - Even the Tower of Babel was made of fired earth, p. 143.

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Ettore SottsassLimited edition vase from the Ruins series

Ettore Sottsass
Limited edition vase from the Ruins series