Richard BAMPI (* 1896, † 1965) – Ceramic Vase (designed by: Julius Bissier) with Gintsugi Repair – Studio Pottery

Description

Type: Studio Pottery

Design: Julius Bissier (* 1893, † 1965)

Carrying out: Fayence-Manufaktur Richard Bampi, Kandern

Object: Vase

Dimensions: Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 7.3 cm

Shard: yellow shards

Surface: violet soft pink surface, speckled brown, drops

Year of manufacture: 1951 / 1952

Condition: several small nicks on the muzzle repaired by Gintsugi repair method with silver lacquer, i.e. Urushi lacquer sprinkled with powder of real silver.

Signature/mark: Rb in the oval and “98.” (handwritten)

Details:
This vase is a ceramic by Richard Bampi, designed by Julius Bissier [1]. The glaze has the typical for Bampi drops at the bottom. The vase bears the handwritten number 98 in red. Bampi made such red numbering for pieces that he considered to be particularly well-made and worth exhibiting. Some of these red numbers can also be attributed to actual exhibitions held in the 1950s [2].

Footnote:
1. Verein für keramische Kunst e.V., Keramion – Museum für zeitgenössische keramische Kunst (Ed.): Kunst im Keramion, 19, Richard Bampi, Frechen 1981, p. 84.

2. Verein für keramische Kunst e.V., Keramion – Museum für zeitgenössische keramische Kunst (Ed.): Kunst im Keramion, 19, Richard Bampi, Frechen 1981, p. 63.