a "Lancet II" vase, Iittala, Finland 1950's.
Clear glass, steam blown into a wooden mould, then hand polished, signed TIMO SARPANEVA -IITTALA. Height 26,3 cm.
Chipped to base.
The model Lancet II was exhibited at the 1954 Milan Triennale and was awarded Grand Prix.
Kaj Kalin, "Sarpaneva", Otava förlag, 1986. Pp 64-65, "Lancet a sculpture that has risen out of music, is feeling in form. What it presents varies from one person to another. Sarpaneva has succeeded in capturing in the material a feeling sensed deeply inside, like a rare butterfly in a net"