AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s
AnyesAttic Porcelain Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1970s

Reiner Gehrig, Grünstadt Studio, Matte Cedar, Sand and Blue Running Glaze Bottle Vase | 1980s

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This exquisite work of 70s Modernist studio art ceramic is by master ceramist Reiner Gehrig (b. 1938 - ) Grünstadt Studio. Gehrig owned Grünstadt, enjoying a long and successful career before retiring in 2013.

This brilliantly executed work is a shining example of Gehrig's signature style, a fusion of a sculpted, lightly geometric, polished form combined with a touch-inviting, sumptuous running glaze. 

The deceptively simple bottle form is crafted with inflection points which create the three softly geometric segments and is finished with an elegantly tapered neck. The base glaze to this piece is a rich hares fur glaze of matte brown tones from deep Umber to tones of warm Cedar, Cinnamon and Coffee. Overlaid onto the base glaze is resplendent running blue glaze in tones of Azure, Cobalt, Aegean and Indigo which intersperses with earthy hues of Cedar and Blonde. 

CONDITION
Excellent- no chips, cracks or repairs. There is mild wear on the underside of the base that is commensurate with the age of the piece. Mentioned for completeness: there is the polishing on the underside of the base that is from the production process and is not damage. Please see photos as they form part of the condition report. The underside also bears Gehrig's signature 'g' pottery mark.

MEASUREMENTS
Height: c. 7.5" / 19 cm tall by c. 4.9" / 12.5 cm wide (across the body's widest point). Base diameter: c. 1.9" / 4.8 cm. Rim diameter: c. 0.6" / 1.6 cm. Unpackaged weight: c. 0.6 kg / 630 g

NOTES
Vase will be securely packaged and shipping will be insured. Shipping will be combined for multiple items.

A BIT OF HISTORY
Gehrig began apprenticing with ceramics in 1954, at the age of 16. He would work his way through apprenticeship to journeyman until he attended and graduated in 1961 from the master class with Hubert Griemert (b. 1905 - d. 1990) in Höhr-Grenzhause. Griemert was an important figure in the German studio pottery world, a professor, master potter who often designed for KPM Berlin. 

After graduating, Gehrig spent some years working for recognised names such as JLKnödgen,  Van Daalen, Ulmer Keramik, Steingutfabrik Grünstadt before establishing his own studio in 1974. 

Gehrig is known for having quickly and confidently developed his own style, becoming particularly proficient with turning difficult forms. He was known to work in ceramic, porcelain, stoneware and developing a rich range of glazes, from running to salt glaze.

In his long career, Gehrig was awarded the Palatinate Prize for arts and crafts and his work features in collections at the Deidesheim, Museum of Modern Ceramics, Höhr-Grenzhausen, and the Ceramic Museum Westerwald Mainz, Ministry of Culture.


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