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Prestige Collection I - Lies Cosijn hexagonal box

Lies Cosijn

A very rare and beautiful ceramic box by Lies Cosijn. The large lidded box depicts images of naked women and checkered floors and black lines. The lid depicts leaves and the Dutch text 'Peerke is nog niet dood' / Peerke is not yet dead (after the poet W.G. van de Hulst). 

Chamotte clay with brown and black sintering engobes.

A comparable piece is in the collection of Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen Rotterdam, Gift by Mw. Willems in 2010.

Object card on request.

Object number

0490

State

For sale

Date

1975 - 1980

Signature

CL at the side, see detail picture

Provenance

-

Condition

no damage

Measurements

height 35 cm; diameter 37 cm

Price

on request