Description:

Mari Simmulson for Upsala-Ekeby, large vase, model 4323.

Large bottle-shaped ceramic vase with a textured, speckled surface and geometric decoration in pink, yellow, violet and dark brown. Model 4323. Marked.

Origin: Sweden.
Designer: Mari Simmulson.
Material: Ceramic.
Dimensions: H. 23 cm, D. 14 cm.
Period: 1960.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Mari Simmulson (1911–2000) was an Estonian-Swedish ceramicist and sculptor, born in Saint Petersburg. She trained in Tallinn and Munich and came to Sweden as a refugee in 1944. From 1949 to 1972 she was a designer at Upsala-Ekeby, where she mainly created figures as well as vases and bowls, often in the factory’s dark clay with painted glazes.