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Bowl

1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Leach, Bernard (makers)

Decoration: Stylised motifs and Korean washerwoman in centre

Object details

Category
Studio Pottery
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, cream, beige and black glazes
Earthenware
Physical description
Decoration: Stylised motifs and Korean washerwoman in centre
Dimensions
  • Depth: 34.00cm
  • Height: 12.90cm
Marks and inscriptions
monograms 'BL', incised and 'SI', painted
Gallery label
' 14. Bowl: Korean Washerwoman
Made by Bernard Leach (British, 1887-1979)
Leach Pottery, St Ives, England, about 1931-40
Porcelain with stencilled, incised, and inlaid decoration, and painting in brown
Given by Miss Madeleine Whyte
Circ.22-1961

Leach lived in Japan frofrom 1909 to 1920, and on his return to England established the Leach Pottery in St Ives with the Japanese potter Shoji Hamada. He sought to introduce early Chinese and Korean styles and techniques - as this bowl demonstrates - and to revive traditional English wares.'
Credit line
Given by Miss Madeline Whyte
Object history
Acquisition details: given by Miss Madeline Whyte

RF number: 61/715
Production
Pottery: Leach Pottery, St Ives
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
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.22-1961

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19448/bowl-leach-bernard/
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