Lot 276: JAMES TOWER | Large Black and White Geometrical Dish

earthenware with black and white tin glaze

diameter: 54cm.; 21½in.

earthenware with black and white tin glaze

There is a single tiny chip to the glaze at the extreme edge of the lip, most probably in keeping with a firing imperfection, and only visible upon extremely close inspection, and a further chip to the outside foot of the base, perhaps in line with some old firing damage. This excepting the work appears in very good overall condition. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Hove, Hove Museum and Art Gallery, James Tower - A Retrospective, 28th January - 25th February 1989, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated;
London, Gimpel Fils, James Tower and Contemporary Ceramic Art, 26th April - 9th June 2012, un-numbered exhibition.

Timothy Wilcox, The Ceramic Art of James Tower, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2012, cat. no.157, illustrated p.109 and 159.