Lidded pot
(c. 1950)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 41.1 × 20.9 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Keith Albert Ingvorsen, 1991
© Marian Lowe
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
(a) incised in base c.: Allan / Lowe
Accession Number
D71.a-b-1991
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
The tall pot with a low domed lid is decorated with Lowe's 'misty purple' glaze whose subtle variations ahieve with a low-fired glaze the effects of Chinese chun glaze and also evoke a distant landscape.
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