Blue-glazed covered tureen with handle in the form of a bison or Chinese lion

Copyright

Work in the public domain
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Maker

(designer)
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

Object Number

O.1937.RF.180

Mode of Acquisition

Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1937

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display
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Keywords

Related Works (2)

No image available O.1937.RF.180.1
Tureen No image available O.1937.RF.180.2
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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.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : incised : on base : Omega symbol within a square :

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, Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009
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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
Arts Council Gallery, London, 17/03/1966-16/04/1966; Nottingham University Art Gallery, Nottingham, 27/04/1966-22/05/1966; Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, 28/05/1966-18/06/1966; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 25/06/1966-16/07/1966; Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, 23/07/1966-13/08/1966
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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

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