Zsolnay Vase Fetches Record Sum At Auction In Budapest
- 16 Dec 2013 5:00 AM
A remarkable Zsolnay vase was sold at auction in Budapest’s Virág Judit Gallery on Sunday for 19 million forints (EUR 62,700), setting a new record for the work of the renowned porcelain and stoneware maker.
The metre-high vase was made about a hundred years ago by Sándor Apáti Abt, one of the factory’s most famous artisans. Bidding for the vase started at 10 million forints, and nine offers were made before the Zsolnay Museum in Pécs, southwest Hungary, took it for its collection.
The last record set at auction in Hungary for a piece of Zsolnay was 15 million forints, for a bowl designed by József Rippl-Rónai, a renowned Hungarian painter.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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