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Malcolm
Pepper 1937-80
Pepper's pieces are extremely rare,
he was very much an "Oriental" potter more in the Staite
Murray vain than Leach. Pepper used a wide range of glazes and brush
work in iron and cobalt.
Malcolm Pepper came to prominence in 1980 with a large exhibition
(over one-hundred pieces) at the Casson Gallery in London. Tragically
Pepper died at the age of 44, a short time before the exhibition opened.
His work is so rare both because of his untimely death and that also
he was something of a perfectionist who destroyed much of his work
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In
the earlier part of Peps career he very rarely marked his pots.
A close family member told me of the occasion that the Director
of the Oriental Ceramics Department at the V&A Museum
visited Pep to ask if he would start marking his work. The Director
was concerned that a number of pieces by Pep had been brought into
the museum as original Chinese pots.
Though two of the pieces exhibited here for sale are unmarked, all
these pieces come from Peps immediate family and can be fully authenticated
as made by him.
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Large
Jar.
Stoneware, oatmeal glaze with iron and cobalt
brush work. Impressed with the potter's personal mark to outside
of the turned foot.
This jar with it's strong references to the storage jars of the
Song Dynasty and to the east in general fully illustrates Peppers
pre-occupations with the eastern aesthetic. For a similar jar see
page 205, "British Studio Ceramics in the 20th Century"
by Paul Rice.
Size:
h.26cmsØ. 24.cms
Ref: OW/MP1
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A Large
Charger (display plate).
Stoneware, oatmeal glaze with iron and cobalt
brush work. A magnificent charger by Malcolm Pepper. Impressed potter's
personal seal to outside of the turned foot
Stand not included
Size:
h.35.5cms Ø. 6.5.cms
Ref: OC/MP2
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Footed
Bowl.
Stoneware footed bowl with a fine crackle celadon
glaze. This bowl is Pep at his best, a pure song dynasty bowl, even
fired on props in the Oriental way.
Size: h.9.0cms Ø.22.0.cms
Ref: OC/MP3
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Bottle
Vase.
Stoneware
bottle glazed in a tenmoku glazed that has pulled down the pot and
broken to rust in the firing, the glaze is a close relative of the
well known hare's fur type glazes made in the 14C around Jian in
southern China.
Size: h.16.0cms Ø.13.0.cms
Ref: OC/MP4
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Large
Celadon Bowl.
Stoneware, glazed in a beautiful crackle celadon
glaze. This is a large and impressive bowl. Impressed with the potter's
personal mark.
Size:
h.7.5cms Ø.31.5.cms
Ref: OC/MP5
Price:
£595.00
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Copyright,
oakwoodceramics.co.uk
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