Bidspirit auction | Nylund & Dahl for Rorstrand

Nylund & Dahl for Rorstrand Ceramic Flambe Bowl - Gunnar Nylund (Swedish, 1904-1997) and Oskar Dahl (Swedish, 1902-1966) for Rorstrand, Sweden. Large and unique or ”unik” Art Deco ceramic bowl depicting a nude dancing female figure amid foliage, ca. 1930s. Stoneware pottery of Nylund's signature ”flambe” style, with several glazes and details defined by Dahl using a Sgrafitto etching technique. Stamped along the underside ”II Flambe Rorstrand” with ”Modell” and ”Nylund” on either side of an ”ALP” mark. Below this, the stamp continues ”Lidkoping, Sweden” and ”Dekor: Dahl”; numbered 3830. Gunnar Nylund is a prominent figure in illustrious 20th-century Swedish ceramic design. He served as the artistic leader at the Rorstrand factory during the 1940s and 1950s. His work is represented in the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design. Height: 2 1/2 in x diameter: 10 in. Condition: There are no chips, losses, or restorations. There is a firing flaw along the underside of the vessel's rim. Light wear to the footrim.