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Broken Mesa Landscape Bowl

Bowl
1984 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Simple deep bowl form, with decoration both inside and out evocating a canyon landscape, with white cliff-top, dark cliff-sides and blue sky, in coloured raku glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBroken Mesa Landscape Bowl (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Raku-fired earthenware with raku glazes
Brief description
'Broken Mesa Landscape Bowl', raku-glazed earthenware, made by Wayne Higby, USA, 1984
Physical description
Simple deep bowl form, with decoration both inside and out evocating a canyon landscape, with white cliff-top, dark cliff-sides and blue sky, in coloured raku glazes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Diameter: 31.7cm
Credit line
Given by Helen W. Drutt-English
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Clark, G. & Watson, O., American Potters Today : an exhibition of American Studio Pottery, London : V&A no.19
Collection
Accession number
C.41-1986

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Record createdNovember 7, 2005
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