MR Arm Chair

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1926

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Card Case, Russia, enamel
Small salt cellar of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration, round with shallow, lapidary-polished well, the exterior decorated with a series of cupid figures at play in a landscape with dogs, insects, trees, butterflies and a fruit basket, with bands of guilloche around the top and bottom and a laminated band of white along the top edge.
Pair of purely decorative vases of black basalt, each of urn shape and resting on small round foot mounted on a small square plinth, the body engine turned in a vertical stripe pattern and with swags around the shoulder, the permanently attached cover domed and with an acorn finial, with two horned mask handles.
Mug with a rounded cylindrical form that flares out at two points and tapers towards the base. The mug's exterior is speckled dark brown stoneware. Two areas near the handle appear almost smeared, like they were disturbed before the glaze was dry. There is also a blank area with few dark brown spots near the base o fthe mug. The exterior of the mug has thin horizontal, imprinted lines uniformly circling the form. The lip and interior are off-white toneware with dark-brown specks.