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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Bowl

1968 (made)
Artist/Maker

Large bowl, with a white tin glaze painted with calligraphic curves in red and blue, with gold lustre decoration.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, tin-glazed with painting and gold lustre decoration
Brief description
Large bowl painted in red, blue and gold lustre, Alan Caiger Smith, 1968.
Physical description
Large bowl, with a white tin glaze painted with calligraphic curves in red and blue, with gold lustre decoration.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 44.30cm
  • Height: 12.80cm
Marks and inscriptions
'ACS' in monogram, painted
Object history
Acquisition details: Primavera, Cambridge

RF number: 68/1894
Production
Pottery: Aldermaston Pottery
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.592-1968

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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