Blue-glazed covered tureen with handle in the form of a bison or Chinese lion
Maker
(designer)
1866-1934
(ceramicist)
1866-1934
(ceramicist)
Title
Blue-glazed covered tureen with handle in the form of a bison or Chinese lion
Date of Production
(circa) 1915
Medium
Cobalt blue glazed earthenware, mould-made
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 29 cm
Width: 29 cm
Accession Number
O.1937.RF.180
Mode of Acquisition
Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1937
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Related Works
Label Text
This saturated blue glaze echoes the intense glazes of Chinese ceramics from the Song dynasty that Fry favoured. Technically, this tureen shows Fry’s progress as a potter thanks to the guidance he received at the ceramics workshop of Carter & Co in Dorset. It is well thrown, with the handles cut out of slabs of clay. The heavy-duty tureen contrasts with the delicacy of the knob, perhaps in the form of a bison.
Provenance
Gift of the Roger Fry Trustees, 1937
Exhibition History
Post-Impressionist Living: The Omega Workshops, The Wolfson Gallery, Charleston, East Sussex, 14/09/2019-19/01/2020
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009 ...More
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
Roger Fry and the Omega Workshops, The Courtauld Gallery - Prints and Drawings Study Room, 01/08/1990-02/12/1990
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Vision and Design - The life, work and influence of Roger Fry, Nottingham University City Art Gallery; Leeds City Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery; Manchester City Art Gallery, 13/03/1966-13/08/1966 ...Less
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009 ...More
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
Roger Fry and the Omega Workshops, The Courtauld Gallery - Prints and Drawings Study Room, 01/08/1990-02/12/1990
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Vision and Design - The life, work and influence of Roger Fry, Nottingham University City Art Gallery; Leeds City Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery; Manchester City Art Gallery, 13/03/1966-13/08/1966 ...Less
Literature
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 58
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 214 (exhibited)
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984
cat. no. C2.b
cat. no. 58
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 214 (exhibited)
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984
cat. no. C2.b
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : incised : on base : Omega symbol within a square :
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