Bernard Leach - The Art of Fire: Selections from the Dr John P. Driscoll Collection London Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Bernard Rackham, UK
    Thence by descent to Bertha Bundy, UK

  • Exhibited

    'The Art of Bernard Leach: a Loan Retrospective Exhibition', Victoria and Albert Museum, London, March-May 1977, item 54

  • Literature

    Muriel Rose, Artist Potters in England, London, 1955, illustrated pl. 12
    Carol Hogben, The Art of Bernard Leach, London, 1978, illustrated pl. 44

36

Early dish with tree

circa 1930
Earthenware, painted coloured slips beneath a clear galena glaze.
31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.) diameter
Impressed with Leach Pottery seal.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠

Sold for £25,200

Contact Specialist

Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
Antonia.King@phillips.com

Ben Williams
Ceramics Consultant
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Marijke Varrall-Jones
Director, Maak
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The Art of Fire: Selections from the Dr John P. Driscoll Collection

London Auction in association with Maak