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

Tree of Life

Dish
1923 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, 'The Tree of Life' earthenware with slip decoration, 42 cm diam., 12 cm deep. The tree motif fills the bowl of the dish, with a horse figure near it. A fish pattern decorates the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTree of Life (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, slip decoration in light and dark brown under an amber glaze
Brief description
Dish, 'The Tree of Life' earthenware with slip decoration, Bernard Leach, England (St. Ives), 1923
Physical description
Dish, 'The Tree of Life' earthenware with slip decoration, 42 cm diam., 12 cm deep. The tree motif fills the bowl of the dish, with a horse figure near it. A fish pattern decorates the rim.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 42cm
  • Height: 12cm
  • Diameter: 43cm
  • Depth: 12cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BL 1923', in coloured slips
Object history
Acquisition details: the potter
OW's Notes: Japan (1980) Catalog pl. 18; Hogben ??
This bowl was seen at the BIIA exhibition and selected for...
Production
Pottery: Leach Pottery, St Ives
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
  • Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
  • Cooper, Emmanuel, Concept and form: Bernard Leach, Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance, 2002
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1278-1923

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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