Hans Hedberg, two faience boxez with covers, Biot, France.
Faience, speckled glaze in orange, black, and green. Signed hhg. Height 11 cm; Teardrop-shaped with a speckled yellow exterior and cobalt blue interior. Signed hhg. Length 15 cm, height 6 cm.
The teardrop-shaped box with a repair approximately 1 x 1 cm. The overall impression is good.
Louise Lyberg (née von Schwerin, 1932-2024), former First Lady of the Court, Bachelor of Arts, and art historian
Hans Hedberg was a Swedish artist and ceramicist who studied in Faenza, Italy, from 1947 to 1948. From 1949, he operated his own studio with a gas kiln in Biot on the French Riviera. He worked with organic unbound shapes, using various naturalistic glazes. Initially, he focused mainly on functional ceramics but later became known for his exquisite sculptures in many different sizes, crafted in a high-fired earthenware known as faience. Primarily various fruits and eggs, ranging from small eggs to garden sculptures up to one metre tall.
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