Amber Red Lustre Jar, 1989

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Alan Caiger- Smith
Born Argentina, 1930

Amber Red Lustre Jar, 1989
Red earthenware with tin oxide glaze

Purchased with support from the National Fund for Acquisitions, 1989
Museum number 1990-135

Alan Caiger-Smith was a leading British studio potter for 40 years. He is a master of the tin glaze technique. His pots are inspired by Spanish and Middle Eastern ceramics with complex patterns of calligraphic bushstrokes on a white tin-glaze ground.

Amber Red Lustre Jar, 1989
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