Lot 178
  • 178

Bernard Leach

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bernard Leach
  • A flat-sided bottle vase
  • impressed with potter's and St Ives seals
  • stoneware
  • height: 19.5cm.; 7¾in.
  • Executed circa 1960s.

Provenance

Primavera Gallery, London, where purchased by the late owner, 21st March 1966

Exhibited

London, Primavera Gallery, Stoneware and Porcelain by Bernard Leach, 22nd March - 2nd April 1966, cat. no.31.

Condition

Structurally sound. There is a glaze imperfection to the upper blue quadrant on one of the faces, and a further instance of crawling to the grey glaze in the upper left quadrant of the same face. These excepting the work appears in very good overall condition. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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