‡William Staite Murray (1881-1962) 'Persian Bird' a monumental stoneware vase

‡William Staite Murray (1881-1962)

'Persian Bird' a monumental stoneware vase, thrown in two sections, swollen conical body with cylindrical neck, the body incised and painted with two large peacocks, glazed with iron dots, on an oatmeal ground under a grey translucent slip graduating to white, impressed seal mark, painted IMG, 63 cm. high

Provenance

Lefevre Galleries, probably exhibited (suggested by Ian Bennett) alongside 'Persian Garden' in 1931, which was later purchased by Eric Milner-White.

Richard Murray

Exhibited

Lefevre Galleries, London November 1931,

Leicester Galleries William Staite Murray Retrospective,1958

30 Pots, Woolley and Wallis, 2019 catalogue number 30.