£850
A CLARICE CLIFF MONDRIAN* SQUARE STEPPED VASE OR BOWL c.1929, shape no.367, enamelled in orange, green, blue, yellow and black on a cream ground with an abstract design of overlapping squares, Bizarre back stamp to underside and impressed 367, 22.5cm square x 11cm high
*see Griffin & Meisel-Clarice Cliff The Bizarre Affair pages 12 and 74 refer
No restoration. No chips or cracks. Crazing is evident.
Interior:
The internal decoration has some paint loss to the black horizontal bar and the blue ground beneath.
The second side has spots of paint loss on the blue.
The third side, again paint loss on the blue and on the fourth side.
The rim has some scratches and flake spots on the back.
Exterior:
1st side is good.
2nd side is good.
3rd side has a very small flake on the orange top left hand corner.
The black upright bar has a scuff and loss as it reaches the rim.
4th side has some spots of loss to the blue.
Some to the black outline at the corners and a smudge / loss to a lower outline filled with orange.
Overall in good condition with only minor defects to paint and some crazing.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:
24% inc VAT*
Online and Autobids:
27.6% inc VAT*
