Jorgen Mogensen box for Royal Copenhagen

I fear I've been a little US-centric in my previous posts so I thought I'd share some European faves from my collection, starting with this'n!

Here is a small covered box designed and signed by Jorgen Mogenson for Royal Copenhagen.  Mogenson (born 1929 and still alive, I believe) worked at RC from 1949 to 1964, then establishing his own studio in Denmark.

The lid features a very hip abstract design (see whatever you can) with a oblong opening from which you can remove the lid.  It's done in a blue crackle glaze.  The box itself is covered in an earthy tan, applied to give a sense of horizontal banding.  It is just under 4 inches in diameter, and just under 2 inches tall - diminuative little ceramic box.  Not shown, the interior of the box is glazed in dark brown.

To me, it feels 'primitive modern', one of my favorite stylistic motifs.  Mogensen did a lot of stuff like that, very organic and 'brutal' at times.

I show the pics of the marks on the bottom of the box - the lid too has the shape number (22061) on it's reverse.  I suspect that a date could be associated with that shape number, but I have never been able to discern this possibility, just not that expert on RC.   You can see the conjoined 'jm', his typical signature.    I've owned a few of his pieces over the years, but this is one I've allowed myself to keep.