‡ Bernard Leach (1887-1979) a St Ives Pottery stoneware Leaping Salmon vase

‡ Bernard Leach (1887-1979)

a St Ives Pottery stoneware Leaping Salmon vase, shouldered form, painted with two bands of fish in tenmoku on a grey glaze, impressed seal marks, 29.5cm. high

Provenance

Contemporary Ceramics, Christie's London, 20th June 1988 lot 23.

Literature

20th Century British Studio Pottery from the Collection of an Oxford Graduate, Ashmolean Museum 14th April-14th August 1994, catalogue number 1.