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!