Mar 30, 2018
Mar 30, 2018

Bowl

Bowl

c 1956

Thom Starer

(Swedish, active Stockholm ?)

Glazed ceramic

Diameter: 5.1 x 21.3 cm (2 x 8 3/8 in.)

The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund 1956.388

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This bowl features several swirling geometric motifs, reminiscent of ceramics thrown on a potter’s wheel.

Description

Ceramics with blue glazes, such as this bowl, were especially popular in Sweden in the 1950s and 1960s. The same palette can be seen in textiles of the period as well.

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