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University of Warwick Art Collection

Bottle Pot by Derek Davis

Bottle Pot by Derek Maynard Davis
Accession Code: wu0436c
Title: Bottle Pot
Date completed:
Medium: Ceramic
Material: Stoneware
Height (mm): 297
Width (mm): n/a
Depth (mm): n/a
Inscription: Signed on base: Davis
Location Name: Westwood Teaching Centre
Location Description: Display Cabinet
Location Floor: 0

Flambe glaze. Height 297mm. Signed on base : Davis.

This is a good example of one of Davis's variations on classical Chinese forms both in the exagerated proportions of the bottle's rim and in the use of the strong sang de boeuf glaze.