23388 Bernard Leach (Flat Pot '64)

Height 19.8cm Width 13.8cm Depth 9.2cm

Bernard Leach was a unique British potter who contributed to the development of the folk art movement together with Muneyoshi Yanagi, Kenkichi Tomimoto, and Shoji Hamada, and returned to England in 1920, built a Japanese-style climbing kiln in St. Ives, Cornwall, and established the Leach Workshop in 1922 as his lifelong base, and is known for his unique style of work that combines Western pottery such as slipware with Eastern ceramic techniques. This beautiful vase, created by an artist who aimed to combine the East and West, goes beyond folk art.