Henry van de Velde
Reinhold Hanke
Handle vase model 2117, 1903. Stoneware. Rare oxblood glaze. Funnel body with semicircular swinging end, flat handles with small, oval openings. Inscribed on the bottom: artist's signet, 2117 (embossed).
Vase with varying opening over a round stand. The lower half of the body, which is turned into shape, tapers conically. The upper part forms a harmonious unity with the disc-shaped, decorated handles and evokes the impression of a holistic piece, which is further underlined by means of relief. Not all specimens were reworked on the inner edge of the mouth and therefore remained smooth' (like the piece here). (catalog raisonné Vol. III, p. 38).
The vase was in the apartments of Herbert Esche and Kurt von Mutzenbecher, was represented at two exhibitions and can be seen as a decorative element in numerous illustrations in van de Velde's furniture catalog. The price was 10 marks. The Grassi Museum for Applied Arts purchased a copy directly from the manufacturer in Höhr in 1913 (WVZ. Vol. III, SD. 128).
Provenance: Estate of Theodor Koerner Jr., Kunsthandel Berlin.
Literature: Thomas Föhl/Antje Neumann, Henry van de Velde, Bd. III, Weimar 2016, S. 128 ff..

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