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Thu, Apr 21, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 26

Set of Six Timo Sarpaneva Iittala Stacking Bottles

Estimate: $500 - $700

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Finland/Scandinavia, 1926-2006)

six blown glass bottles in squatted form with slightly waisted body, indented at underside for stacking, two clear, two purple, one blue, one frosted, blue and frosted are unsigned, others etched "T. Sarpaneva" at underside, each approximately 6 x 4-1/4 in.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, October 28, 1998 (lot 427); Private Collection, New York

Condition

good overall, typical surface rub, some naturally formed occlusions and gas bubbles, brown residue to interior of one purple bottle

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