David Reade

Free-form glass vase in graduated amber and blue tones

About the Session

From early Cape furniture to mid-century classics and contemporary pieces, this selection of furniture, ceramics, glass and bronzes, traces a journey through more than two hundred years of South African design.


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ZAR 7 208
Lot 464
  • David Reade; Free-form glass vase in graduated amber and blue tones
  • David Reade; Free-form glass vase in graduated amber and blue tones
  • David Reade; Free-form glass vase in graduated amber and blue tones


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ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 7 208
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

South Africa 1960-
Free-form glass vase in graduated amber and blue tones

engraved 'D Reade 09'

hand-blown glass
height: 37cm; diameter: 22cm

Notes

David Read's work is deeply informed by the African landscape, particularly the arid regions of the Karoo and Namibia. The form of this vase recalls geological formations and wind-shaped terrain while the colours are reminiscent of the changing light at dawn and dusk.

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Lot 464