Flared Rim Porcelain Vase by Lucie Rie
This finely thrown porcelain vase by Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902–1995) features a manganese-glazed cylindrical body rising to an oval shoulder and slender neck. The flared rim, left unglazed, is delicately inlaid with radiating manganese lines—a subtle yet expressive motif that reflects Rie’s refined approach to surface and form. The base bears the impressed LR seal, denoting the artist’s hand. Formerly held in a private collection in France, the vase exemplifies Rie’s distinctive synthesis of modernist aesthetics and traditional craftsmanship.
Born in Vienna, Rie studied under Michael Powolny at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule before emigrating to London in 1938, where she established her lifelong studio in Albion Mews. Her early grounding in European modernism and later integration into the British studio pottery movement gave her work a uniquely cosmopolitan character—marked by clarity, precision, and elegance.
Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991, Rie is widely regarded as one of the most influential ceramicists of the 20th century. Her work is held in major international museum collections and continues to shape contemporary approaches to form and surface in studio ceramics.
Origin: Austrian-born; active in the United Kingdom
Period/Style: Mid-20th Century British Studio Pottery
Date: Circa 1960
Material: Porcelain with manganese glaze and inlaid decoration
Dimensions: 19cm height x 8.4cm width x 8.4cm depth
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This finely thrown porcelain vase by Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902–1995) features a manganese-glazed cylindrical body rising to an oval shoulder and slender neck. The flared rim, left unglazed, is delicately inlaid with radiating manganese lines—a subtle yet expressive motif that reflects Rie’s refined approach to surface and form. The base bears the impressed LR seal, denoting the artist’s hand. Formerly held in a private collection in France, the vase exemplifies Rie’s distinctive synthesis of modernist aesthetics and traditional craftsmanship.
Born in Vienna, Rie studied under Michael Powolny at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule before emigrating to London in 1938, where she established her lifelong studio in Albion Mews. Her early grounding in European modernism and later integration into the British studio pottery movement gave her work a uniquely cosmopolitan character—marked by clarity, precision, and elegance.
Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991, Rie is widely regarded as one of the most influential ceramicists of the 20th century. Her work is held in major international museum collections and continues to shape contemporary approaches to form and surface in studio ceramics.
Origin: Austrian-born; active in the United Kingdom
Period/Style: Mid-20th Century British Studio Pottery
Date: Circa 1960
Material: Porcelain with manganese glaze and inlaid decoration
Dimensions: 19cm height x 8.4cm width x 8.4cm depth
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This finely thrown porcelain vase by Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902–1995) features a manganese-glazed cylindrical body rising to an oval shoulder and slender neck. The flared rim, left unglazed, is delicately inlaid with radiating manganese lines—a subtle yet expressive motif that reflects Rie’s refined approach to surface and form. The base bears the impressed LR seal, denoting the artist’s hand. Formerly held in a private collection in France, the vase exemplifies Rie’s distinctive synthesis of modernist aesthetics and traditional craftsmanship.
Born in Vienna, Rie studied under Michael Powolny at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule before emigrating to London in 1938, where she established her lifelong studio in Albion Mews. Her early grounding in European modernism and later integration into the British studio pottery movement gave her work a uniquely cosmopolitan character—marked by clarity, precision, and elegance.
Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991, Rie is widely regarded as one of the most influential ceramicists of the 20th century. Her work is held in major international museum collections and continues to shape contemporary approaches to form and surface in studio ceramics.
Origin: Austrian-born; active in the United Kingdom
Period/Style: Mid-20th Century British Studio Pottery
Date: Circa 1960
Material: Porcelain with manganese glaze and inlaid decoration
Dimensions: 19cm height x 8.4cm width x 8.4cm depth
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