‡Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979) a large Leach Pottery tile

‡Bernard Leach CBE (1887-1979)

a large Leach Pottery tile, painted with a figure walking towards a hut, a range of rounded mountains in the background, in tenmoku on an off white ground, painted BL monogram and Leach Pottery mark to bottom corners, impressed seal marks to reverse, 15cm. square

Literature

Bernard Leach A Potter in Japan, Faber, page 58 for a drawing of a comparable farmer.

Bernard Leach Potter and Artist, Crafts Council, page 128 figure 141 for a dish with a comparable landscape illustrated.

Provenance

Mary Gibson-Horrocks