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Hyonsun Rhee for Upsala Ekeby
Vase, model 5044, 1960s.
Cylindrical stoneware vase with two-part glaze — the upper half featuring a brown geometric relief grid, and the lower half a light yellow, tactile lava glaze. A classic example of Atterberg’s signature tactile surfaces and Nordic colour sensibility.
Origin: Sweden, Upsala Ekeby.
Designer: Hyonsun Rhee
Material: Stoneware.
Dimensions: H. 18 cm, D. 8 cm.
Period: 1963-65
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of use.
Biography :
Hyonsun Rhee (born 1938 in Tokyo to South Korean parents).
He studied ceramics at the Kyoto College of Art in Japan during the late 1950s.
His first exhibition took place in Tokyo in 1961.
In 1962 he moved to Stockholm and studied at Konstfack, Sweden’s university of arts, crafts and design.
Between 1963 and 1965, he worked as a designer for the Swedish ceramic company Upsala-Ekeby.
His works for Upsala-Ekeby are noted for their experimental use of clay and glaze, combined with decorative motifs that reflect his East Asian cultural heritage.
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