THE ITEM
This piece is a beautiful design of Art Deco from the iconic Rubin series by Gefle Upsala Ekeby's renowned artistic director, Arthur Percy. It is also a rare piece as this wall pocket design of the Rubin series don't often appear.
Percy blended balanced curves which cinch at the 'waist' and pleated ridges, the sumptuous claret colour and gold gilding detail between the ridges to combine into a modernised statement of Scandinavian influenced chinoiserie.
The central cavity begins at the rim and reaches the base of the lower bulb and is finished with a opening at the rim for fixing the piece to the wall.
The design overall, is seamless blend of the luxury, glamour and exuberance of which the Art Deco design movement represented.
CONDITION
Superb. No signs of use, chips or cracks and remarkably, there is no crazing to the glaze. There is age-wear present in the form of mild wear to the gold gilding which is commensurable with age of the piece. The back bears the Upsala-Ekeby Gefle stamp, 'Rubin' and the numbers '556' and '23'.
MEASUREMENTS
c. " / 15.5 cm tall (from base to rim) x " / 12 cm in diameter (rim). Base diameter: c. 2.4" / 6 cm
Unpackaged weight: 0.3 kg / 345 g
NOTES
Vase will be securely packaged and shipping will be insured.
Shipping will be combined for multiple items.
A BIT OF HISTORY
Carl Arthur Carlsson-Percy, a ceramist and artist, born in Vickleby on August 10, 1886, son of sailor Nils Petter Carlsson and Johanna (Hanna) Sofia Andersson, married to Kerstin Beckman from 1911.
Percy traveled to Stockholm during the early 20th century to train himself as a decorative painters. In 1905 he went to the school of artistic association and in 1908 he traveled to Paris for studies at Académie Collarossi and Matisse Painting School. He would go on to become artistic director in 1923 at Gefle Porslinsfabrik(which became part of Upsala Ekeby in 1936). In 1942 he became artistic director at Karlskrona Porslinsfabrik until 1946.
His early work was characterised by items with soft decorations of flowers and birds, he was also inspired by Italian 14th and 16th centuries, which was also reflected in his work. During the 1920s, his renowned work includes the series "Gefle", "Vinranka", "Floating Blue", "Iris", "Three Flowers", "Silversties" and "Christina". During the 1930's and 40's came "Suecia", "Exotica" and his perhaps most famous decor "Red Rubin".
Percys art is represented in a large number of Swedish and foreign museums, including National Museum and Modern Museum, Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde, Art Museum in Gothenburg, and museums in Malmö, Norrköping, Lindköping, Västerås, Borås, Jönköping, Kalmar, Karlstad, Gävle and Östersund, etc. Abroad, one can find his art at the Sévres Museum in Paris, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Metropolian Museum in New York and the Lubeck Museum in Germany and others.