Object Vases and Urns

Gallery BAC vase with attenuated Greco-Roman ewer form by Gunnar Nylund

Monumental Greco-Roman ewer style vase by Gunnar Nylund

Monumental vase with attenuated Greco-Roman ewer form by Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997), having a tall ovoid body lobed and gracefully tapering from shoulder to flanged foot
Spout and handle form continuous calligraphic curve, in stoneware with a Sung style glaze (mottled chocolate-gray) layered under a flowing cocoa-burgundy, Rörstrand, Sweden, mid-20th century; inscribed script R with triple crowns, “GN,” “PA”

Gunnar Nylund,
Sweden, mid-20th century

H 17.5 in. (43 cm)
D 8 in. (20 cm)