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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Vase

ca. 1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Geoffrey Eastop began the process of making this pot by throwing a small vase with a wide, flaring rim. He then cut the rim in a spiral, and joined the cut end onto the body of the vase to produce this unusual form.

This vase is part of a group of delicate porcelain objects which Eastop made in the 1970s and early 1980s. These porcelain pieces contrast with the larger, more robust earthenware and stoneware which make up the majority of his work.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, thrown and altered, with reactive glazes
Brief description
Porcelain vase with spiral rim, Geoffrey Eastop, England, 1980.
Physical description
Porcelain pot of thin vase form with a wide cut rim cur to form a spiral around teh body of the vase. It has been thrown, assembled and covered with a beigh lightly mottled glazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18cm
  • Maximum width: 16cm
Marks and inscriptions
(painted brown monogram (?))
Summary
Geoffrey Eastop began the process of making this pot by throwing a small vase with a wide, flaring rim. He then cut the rim in a spiral, and joined the cut end onto the body of the vase to produce this unusual form.

This vase is part of a group of delicate porcelain objects which Eastop made in the 1970s and early 1980s. These porcelain pieces contrast with the larger, more robust earthenware and stoneware which make up the majority of his work.
Collection
Accession number
C.259-1993

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Record createdNovember 11, 2005
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