JUNE ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 19 June 2018 - 9:30 AM start
A John Higgins (England) Studio Pottery vessel
Estimate: $850
Lot Details
'Morocco', curved slab construction, coloured glazed panelled sections. Purchased at the Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Awards 1998, catalogue entry 75. Note: John Higgins ceramic vessels refer most often to architecture, archaeology and everyday objects. The techniques of slab forming and throwing are used, the clay is heavily grogged to withstand the unusual methods of making and the surfaces are treated simply with slips, stains and oxides. Higgins has an international reputation and is noted for bringing a freshness and freedom to British ceramics with his first exhibition in 1979 representing the U.K. at the 37th Concorso Internazionale Della Ceramica d'Arte. 500 x 200 x440 approx.
