Gunhild Aaberg Strandstraede Keramik Ceramic Pottery Quail Egg Jar Dish.

This is  great example of the early work of ceramacist Gunhild Aaberg.

Gunhild Aaberg is a renowned Danish contemporary artist and ceramicist based in Copenhagen. She runs her own ceramic gallery and studio in Lille Strandstræde 14 A (earlier known as Strandstræde Keramik) in Copenhagen.

In her studio she handcrafts and fires all of her ceramic artworks, which all are entirely unique.

Gunhild Aaberg has participated in many exhibitions in Denmark and around the world – among others the following places:

Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York

Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania

Barbican Centre, London

National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

Many of Gunhild Aaberg’s ceramic artworks are found in museum and institutional collections inside and outside of Denmark. Below are some examples:

National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea

Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

The Royal House of Norway

National Art Gallery, Tirana, Albania

Ny Carlsberg Fondet, København, Denmark

Accademia di Danimarca, Roma, Italy

Statens Kunstfond, København, Denmark

Designmuseum Danmark, København, Denmark

This egg jar measures 5" inches long, 3.5" inches wide and 3" inches tall.

Beautiful gray glaze with black, brown and slate blue speckled details.

The egg jar is in very good condition, some crazing to glaze consistency with age. Made during the 1960s.

Overall a pleasure to display and enjoy!