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Large vessel
Ceramicist: Abbaro, Mo
Porcelain and ‘T material’, hand-built, painted with coloured slips, biscuit fired to 1200 degrees, sprayed, oxidised at 1280 degrees.
Large, slightly angular, bulbous jar with narrow base and slim neck, flaring to a wide rim. Exterior covered with wide, gestural, overlapping brush-strokes of coloured slip. Earth colours: pink-brown, brown-black, pale green, dull turquoise. Neck and rim brown-black, with drips of ochre applied to inner neck. Surface has a dull shine. Underside flat and unpainted.
History note: Mo Abbaro's studio
Given by Rose Abdalla, wife of Mo Abbaro, 2019
Diameter: 36 cm
Height: 39 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2019-01-28) by Abdalla, Rose
21st Century, Early
Production date:
marked
AD 1988
During the early 1960s, Mo Abbaro painted, sculpted and designed textiles in addition to working with ceramics. Between 1966 and 1990, he taught ceramics at the Camden Art Centre. His own work ranged from coloured jugs and bowls to large mushroom-shaped forms and sculptures depicting African animals. He experimented with surfaces, forms and colours and pioneered glazing and firing techniques to achieve unusual textures, including tactile surfaces replicating volcanic earth or snakeskin. He exhibited widely in England, Sweden and America, including at the 1968 British Potters ’68 showcase at Qantas Gallery alongside Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie. He also self-published several books on ceramic techniques and his family history.
Mohammed Ahmed Abdalla [‘Mo’] Abbaro (1935-2016) was born in Sudan to a family of farmers and Koranic teachers. Abbaro studied Fine and Applied Arts at the Khartoum Technical Institute, working as a carpenter to pay for his studies. In 1959, he won a scholarship to study ceramics at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and in 1964, married fellow artist Rose Glennie, granddaughter of Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Decoration
porcelain and T material Ceramic
Hand-building : Porcelain and ‘T material’, hand-built, painted with coloured slips, biscuit fired to 1200 degrees, sprayed, oxidised at 1280 degrees.
Inscription present: in large uneven letters around the base, with '88' in the centre
Accession number: C.2-2019
Primary reference Number: 226468
Entry form number: 1375
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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