Full Record |
| Collection |
Crafts Study Centre |
| Potter |
Bernard Leach |
| Description |
Large circular deep rim dish, earthenware, honey and brown slip on a yellow background. |
| Decoration |
Brushed shadow puppet in centre. |
| Id Number Current Accession |
P.75.53 |
| Inscription |
BL on foot |
| Location Creation Site |
Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK |
| Subject |
ceramics, dish, figures |
| Measurements |
51.8 centimetres |
| Material |
earthenware |
| History |
The brushed decorated pattern is taken from an Indonesian shadow play. It was inspired by a shadow puppet brought back by Richard Odlin. |
| Relation Exhibition |
´Concept and Form´, James Hockey Gallery, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, 13 December 2002 to 3 February 2003
´20th Century Studio Pottery´, Soviet Union, 1986
´The Art of Bernard Leach´, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1977 |
| Rights Owner |
David Leach/Crafts Study Centre 2004 |
| Style Period Period |
1930s |
| Technique |
throwing |
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