The Studio Pottery Collection of Professor Luke Herrmann. - 13th December 2017

Lot 44

‡ David Leach OBE (1911-2005) a Lowerdown Pottery porcelain bottle vase

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £650

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Description

‡ David Leach OBE (1911-2005)

a Lowerdown Pottery porcelain bottle vase, shouldered form, covered with a rich tenmoku glaze with brushed zig-zag grass motif to both sides, impressed seal mark, 33cm. high

Provenance

Contemporary Ceramics, Christie's London 20th June 1988 lot 3.

Literature

Emmanuel Cooper and Kathy Niblett David Leach, Richard Dennis Publications, page 107 catalogue number 106 for a comparable design on a taller stoneware vase.

Exhibited

20th Century British Studio Pottery from the Collection of an Oxford Graduate, Ashmolean Museum 14th April-14th August 1994, catalogue number 4