’60s BLUE-ON-BLUE DANISH STUDIO BALL VASE BY CHRISTIAN SCHOLLERT

A softball-sized ball vase (fastpitch) with a vibrant, streaky, azure glaze from the Næstved studio of Danish master potter Christian Schollert. With its sturdy and gently flaring lip, the form bears some resemblance to a stylized pomegranate. Thrown at his eponymous studio in the 1960s. CHRISTIAN SCHOLLERT (1839–1919) was a highly regarded Danish ceramicist, whose pieces ranged from Art Deco table lamps to modernist stoneware bowls and often featured intricate designs and distinctive glazes, including a signature cobalt blue that often appeared on large sculptural and architectural pieces. Much of his work evokes the streamlined aesthetic of the Machine Age. He founded SCHOLLERT KERAMIK in Næstved (also the home of Kähler Keramik), a small city in the southern part of Zealand, in 1932, and also maintained a workshop in Nærum in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen. Schollert’s output extended over several decades, with attributions that stretch from the 1930s to the 1960s. SCHOLLERT