Pot and Lid
1930-1935 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Korean potters founded the Naeshirogawa kilns in the late 1590s. Bernard Leach, an English potter associated with the Japanese Folk Craft (Mingei) movement, admired their rugged utilitarian products when he visited Naeshirogawa in 1934-5. His memoirs recall how 'pots filled an open field, some over-fired, some underfired - all varieties of plain black but nothing personal or decorated and not a bad one amongst them'.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, wheel-thrown, with dark brown glaze |
| Brief description | Pot and lid for cooking, stoneware with dark brown glaze; Naeshirogawa, Japan, 1930-35 |
| Physical description | Deep pot with shallowly domed lid with small knob attached; pair of small lugs to allow the attaching of a handle; three small wads of clay attached to flat base to serve as feet; glaze coverage on exterior complete except for base and area immediately above |
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| Credit line | Given by Leonard Elmhirst |
| Summary | Korean potters founded the Naeshirogawa kilns in the late 1590s. Bernard Leach, an English potter associated with the Japanese Folk Craft (Mingei) movement, admired their rugged utilitarian products when he visited Naeshirogawa in 1934-5. His memoirs recall how 'pots filled an open field, some over-fired, some underfired - all varieties of plain black but nothing personal or decorated and not a bad one amongst them'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.42&A-1936 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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