ETTORE SOTTSASS, a 'Calice' earthenware vase for Bitossi Ceramiche, Montelupo, Italy.
Signed E-Sottsass Bitossi - Montelupo. Height 47, 17 cm diameter.
Minor wear. Inside with discoloring.
Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. In 1980, Sottsass founded the Memphis Group - a postmodern, collaborative, architecture and design group based in Milan, Italy. The group focused heavily on unconventional furniture design. Sottsass has been described as influential in the postmodern design language that opposes the ideals of strict functionalism.
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