Bernard Leach 1987 - 1979
Covered Porcelain Incense Box, made at St Ives, 1965

Semi-matt celadon glaze
Impressed St Ives and Bernard Leach's personal seal.
H. 8.0 cm: Diam 8.00 cm

Bernard Leach wrote of these incense pots the following:
These covered pots were made to hold incense. The shape evolved over many years from the sight of tiny rice-straw stacks which border the paddy fields of Japan in the Autumn and Winter .
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Phil Rogers
Stoneware box, 2003

Salt glazed, lid fired on shells.
Impressed with personal seal.
H 10.0 cm Diam 18.0 cm

This a large impressive lidded box, simple in design but because of it's size a most dramatic and strong piece. The lid is impressed with rope marks and shell scars which form a dramatic pattern.
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Japanese, Anon
Stoneware Pickle Jar, 20th Century

Tenmoku glaze.
Manufacturers seal to base.
H 9.0 cm Diam 11.0 cm

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David Leach 1911 - 2005
Lidded box, made at Bovey Tracey, Devon 1998

Porcelain, with a jade green celadon, narrow fluting, Impressed Lowerdown and David Leach's personal seal.
H.11.0 cm: Diam 10.0 cm,

A wonderful porcelain lidded box from David Leach, this piece is again an example of a potter inspired by the Sawankhalok form
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