Bernard Leach (British, 1887-1979), Rare Bowl, 1935

Earthenware, cream slip with carved scrolling designs around the exterior, the well with a carved design of two chrysanthemum with amber and green glazed highlights, incised BL mark, together with a wooden box H 11.6cm, D 29.7cm PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Warwickshire Maak, 'Final Selections from the Dr John P Driscoll Collection', 14 December 2023, lot 15 Dr John P Driscoll Collection Bonhams, New Bond Street, Contemporary Ceramics, 23 May 2006, lot 23 LITERATURE: Oliver Watson, 'Bernard Leach - Pottery and Artist', The Crafts Council, 1997; p.93-94 items 95, 96 & 97 for three comparable works in the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Tokyo. NOTE: This bowl was made by Leach in Japan during his tour of Japan in 1934-35. 'Yanagi had arranged for Leach to work in the pottery village of Futsagawa in North Kyushu. He exploited the local traditional materials to make spontaneous and vigorous abstract designs, quite unlike anything he would have dared to make in England at that time.' CONDITION: Hairline to rim and some areas of lost slip to the rim, otherwise in perfect condition with no further damage or restoration. ceramics

Estimate:£1,200

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