“Ali Baba vase for the Köngliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM) Berlin, Germany | Designed in 1957, made between 1962 and 1992
Vase in bulbous form with squared-off shoulder, small funnel-shaped neck and diagonally ribbed surface, porcelain, white, glazed
The Hamburg painter, designer and sculptor was recruited to KPM Berlin as early as 1929 after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. In 1936 and 1937, she won the gold medal at the Triennale in Milan and the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris for her Urbino dinner service. On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Trude Petri and Siegmund Schütz, an anniversary exhibition was held at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin at the end of 2006.
