Studio Pottery Including The Estate of Richard Batterham - 23rd March 2023
Lot 565
‡ Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979) A Leach Pottery...
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £400
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Description
‡ Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979)
A Leach Pottery stoneware jar and cover, shouldered form with domed cover and loop finial, incised hatch design, under rich tenmoku glaze,
impressed seal marks to base,
8cm. high (2)
Provenance
The Estate of Richard Batterham.
Catalogue notes
Circa 1955 Bernard Leach wrapped these pieces up, giving them as Christmas presents to friends and colleagues.
Literature
Exhibition of the Art of Bernard Leach, Ohara Museum of Art, 1980, page 110 catalogue number 134 for a comparable example illustrated.