Live Auction 7316The Japanese Aesthetic
Janet Leach (1918-1997)
Lot 96

Janet Leach (1918-1997)

CIRCA 1955

Closed7 November 2012

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GBP 1,625

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Janet Leach (1918-1997)
Circa 1955
An onion-shaped stoneware jar, the surface scattered with inclusions of feldspar, the shoulder with three finger curved strokes through a variegated greenish-brown glaze applied to the upper part of the exterior, leaving much of the lower half unglazed, JL seal
18.5cm. high

Janet Leach Collection

Specialist note

This vase was one of the first made by Janet Leach after her arrival in St Ives, whilst still getting used to the clay. She had only just been introduced to the St Ives Pottery style of cutting a pot off the wheel with a twisted wire, and the base shows that she was not yet used to it.