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Kariba

Fruit Bowl
1982 (made)
Artist/Maker
Porcellane San Marco Le Nove (maker)
Thun, Matteo (designer)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Fruit bowl with a white porcelain body, An oval bowl with jagged edge resting an anguled tubular grey stem supported by two pink speckled 'wings'

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Food Vessels & Tableware
Object type
Fruit bowl
TitleKariba (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Porcelain
Brief description
Fruit bowl, designed by Matteo Thun, made by Porcellane San Marco Le Nove 1982 Italy
Physical description
Fruit bowl with a white porcelain body, An oval bowl with jagged edge resting an anguled tubular grey stem supported by two pink speckled 'wings'
Dimensions
  • 1.2.11 masured by hand height: 26.7cm
  • 1.2.11 measured by hand length: 44.7cm
  • Maximum; 1.2.11 measured by hand depth: 18.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
Impressed stamp 'THUN / PER / MEMPHIS' inside a square
Gallery label
'1. Fruit Bowl: 'Kariba'
1982

All Memphis designs were intended for industrial production. Other ceramic factories with which the group collaborated are Alessio Sarri, Sesto Florentine and Ceramiche Flavia.

Italy
Designed by Matteo Thun (1952-)
Made by Porcellane San Marco, Nove, Bassano, for Memphis, Milan
Printed porcelain
Museum no.C.206-1985'
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.206-1985

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Record createdOctober 19, 1998
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9331/kariba-fruit-bowl-thun-matteo/
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