Photo © Billings — view this lot on Billings ↗'Budding' Vase, 1958
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Billings · Mar 28, 2026$6,500 ≈ £4,894 ≈ €5,644Sign up free to see price
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‘Sommervase’
Axel Salto (Danish, 1889–1961) · 1957
£161,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $209,493≈ €187,886
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “Stoneware, layered blue mussel over iron glaze”
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 32.5 cm (12 3/4 in.) high, 32 cm (12 5/8 in.) diameter
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Nordic Masters (UK050516)
- Date
- September 21, 2016
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 22
- Estimate
- £40,000 – £60,000 (≈ $52,048 – $78,072) (≈ €46,680 – €70,020)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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