Lot 233
233
Bernard Leach (1887-1979)
THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
Bernard Leach (1887-1979)

1960S

Details
Bernard Leach (1887-1979)
1960s
A stoneware charger decorated in a tenmoku glaze and wax resist with a pilgrim, the wide tapered rim unglazed, inscribed BL inside the foot-ring and St Ives seal to the reverse
32cm. diam.

Lot Essay

For a similar example see Bernard Leach, Nihon mingeikan shozo banado richi sakuhinshu, (Tokyo, 2012), p.122, Bernard Leach: Potter and Artist (introduction by Oliver Watson), (Crafts Council, London, 1997), p.140 and An Exhibition of the Art of Bernard Leach (Ohara Museum of Art, 15th May - 1st June, 1980), (Osaka, 1980), p. 83, pl. 106

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