Plate
1985-2007 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Brother Thomas Bezanson, an American citizen, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1929. He was a Benedictine monk at Weston Priory in Vermont for twenty-five years and worked as an artist-in-residence with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie from 1985. His work followed a studio craft tradition that embraced an Oriental aesthetic, and was characterised in particular by his masters of Chinese - inspired glazes. He died in 2007. This handsome decorative plate demonstrates Brother Thomas' superb handling of the material and reduction glazes.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, copper glaze, reduction, gold rim |
| Brief description | Large plate, porcelain with copper red glaze with blue crystals, Brother Thomas, Pennsylvania, 1985-2007 |
| Physical description | Large porcelain plate, covered in a copper red and blue crystal glaze, reduction fired with a gold rim. |
| Dimensions |
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| Credit line | Presented by Bernard and Suzanne Pucker in honour of Sir Harry Solomon |
| Summary | Brother Thomas Bezanson, an American citizen, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1929. He was a Benedictine monk at Weston Priory in Vermont for twenty-five years and worked as an artist-in-residence with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie from 1985. His work followed a studio craft tradition that embraced an Oriental aesthetic, and was characterised in particular by his masters of Chinese - inspired glazes. He died in 2007. This handsome decorative plate demonstrates Brother Thomas' superb handling of the material and reduction glazes. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.69-2008 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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