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Doug Lawrie Vase Signed and Numbered 1970s
$710
£542.07
€620.86
CA$994.71
A$1,112.20
CHF 583.40
MX$13,471.46
NOK 7,364.24
SEK 6,957.43
DKK 4,634.07
About the Item
This lovely double faced vase comes from a series by Doug Lawrie. It bears his chop to the side of the base and a paper label, signed and numbered, DL 86.
We love this vase for it's two wonderful moon-like faces and how lightly it floats on it's base. A wonderful ceramic work by a master at the seemingly effortless height of his skills.
Splashy glazes define the front face of the vase with a strong organic abstract pattern, perhaps representing branches and blossom. The other side is graced with a gently impressed leaf pattern and freehand branches in Lawrie's distinctive style.
The vase shows how strongly Lawrie absorbed stylistic and technical knowledge from his more than twenty years living and working in Japan.
Many collectors don't know that Lawrie had strong links with the Australian pottery community. While he trained under Paul Soldner in California, the bulk of his working life was spent in Kyoto, where he met Australian Potter Les Blakeborough.
In 1969, he joined Blakeborough in Australia, at Sturt Pottery, Mittagong, New South Wales. His work as a visiting potter was exhibited at Macquarie Galleries in Sydney the following year. He returned to Australia in 1979 to teach and exhibit work made by him in Japan.
The style of this vase suggests it was from the 1979 exhibition series, built in his Kyoto studio. See image of Lawrie from 'Pottery in Australia' magazine, 1979, making a similar vase in his studio in Japan.
- Creator:Doug Lawrie (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)Depth: 2.96 in (7.5 cm)
- Style:Organic Modern (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:Earthenware,Glazed
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1979
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. There is a minor chip at the very foot of the vase on the side without the glaze. Very slightly visible, sitting low at the underside edge of the foot. It has been coloured at some stage. See images. Priced accordingly.
- Seller Location:Melbourne, AU
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2656326937502
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