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Potter: Spira, Rupert
Stoneware, thrown, with incised decoration through black pigment over white glaze; interior of footring and base are black, and not decorated. The bowl stands on a high circular foot. Originally circular, the sides of the bowl have been pushed upwards at the sides so that the form has become oval. The interior is incised with concentric bands of calligraphic decoration, and on the exterior has similar decoration radiating from the exterior of the footring.
History note: Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, by whom exhibited at Collect at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where purchased by the donors
Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund
Height: 19 cm
Length: 53.6 cm
Width: 46.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2007-03-05) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Circa
2006
CE
-
2007
CE
Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: This large hand-thrown and turned bowl is an exceptional example of the potter’s art in both form and surface. It represents the culmination of Spira’s experiments in this area. ‘Morandi’s paintings … are object lessons in the most literal sense. They demonstrate both what painting can do and also what language cannot encompass. There is something like this at work in Rupert Spira’s pots.’ Edward Lucie-Smith, art historian, author and critic.
Contemporary Craft
Studio Ceramics
Foot
Diameter 10.3 cm
Decoration
white
Glaze
Black pigment
Stoneware
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, with incised decoration through black pigment over white glaze; interior of footring and base not decorated.
Glazing
Coating
Accession number: C.15-2007
Primary reference Number: 141822
Entry form number: 837
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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