Pia Törnell for Rörstrand
Rare vase model “Cirrus”, 1996
Country
Sweden
Colour
Material
Stoneware
Finish
Glazed interior and unglazed exterior
Height
30 cm ( 11 7/8 in )
Diameter
18 cm ( 7 in )
Marking
Signed “Rörstrand R (with three crowns), Sweden, Pia Törnell -96”
I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again. — The Cloud, Percy Bysshe Shelley