Bowl with 'Sang de Boeuf' glaze on Celadon, 2005

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Gareth Mason
Born Pembroke, South Wales, 1965

Bowl with 'Sang de Boeuf' glaze on Celadon, 2005
Porcelain
Purchased with funds through the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland, 2005
Museum number 2005-65

'Sang de boeuf' glaze is highly prized and difficult to achieve. Named for its deep red colour (literally bull's blood), small changes in the shape of pot, thickness of glaze or placing in the kiln can affect the final colour. This has been given added drama by Gareth Mason's expressionist application of the glaze.