Rare vase by Grayson Perry sells for £40,000 at Eastbourne auction

The vase was created by Grayson Perry, who was on the New Year’s Honours List this year for services to the arts. Perry is known for ceramic vases, tapestries, and winning the Turner Prize.

This vase - called Homes Not Studios - is from the early years of Grayson Perry and was sold at Eastbourne Auctions this morning (January 11) for £40,000.

Generally of classical forms, the vases on sale are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds and this ‘pre-therapy days’ example reflects the conflict with the proposed M11 roadworks in the early 1990s. With poetic verse to the back depicts the struggle Perry was facing with the condemned studio due to be concreted over by the new roadworks.

Auctioneer Jeanette May said before the auction: "We are delighted to have secured one of Grayson's early vases from this local 20th century British potter and artist who has finally been recognised for his talents. Grayson, who resides in Friston, calls himself 'a tranny potter’ as he explores fashion, conformity, and prejudice in his work, often appearing in public as his alter-ego Claire.”

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