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Vase - Optical pot

Optical pot

  • Object:

    Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (made)

  • Date:

    1980 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Fritsch, Liz, born 1940 (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Stoneware, with coloured matt glazes

  • Museum number:

    C.13-1981

  • Gallery location:

    Studio Ceramics, room 142, case 14, shelf 1

  • Image in copyright

This object plays with our expectations about perspective - the rim is shaped to make it appear rounded, but it is actually extremely shallow. The complex decoration emphasises the frontal surface, while making the overall shape hard to judge. The result is both a pot and a picture of a pot.

Physical description

Vase, flat handbuilt stoneware form with coloured matt glazes forming a geometric decoration of intersecting bands.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (made)

Date

1980 (made)

Artist/maker

Fritsch, Liz, born 1940 (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Stoneware, with coloured matt glazes

Dimensions

Depth: 23.20 cm, Height: 31.10 cm

Object history note

Acquisition details: given by ... see memo.

Descriptive line

Vase by Liz Fritsch, stoneware, Britain, 1980.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery. Oxford: Phaidon; Christie's Limited; in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1990. ISBN 0 7 148 8067 1

Materials

Stoneware

Categories

Studio Ceramics

Collection code

CER

Qr_O19326
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