Chun Glaze Beer Tankard
MakerMade by
Ladi Kwali
(Kwali, Nigeria, 1925 - 1984)
MakerMade at
Pottery Training Centre
(Abuja, Nigeria, founded 1951)
StudentTaught by
Michael Cardew
(Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1954-1984
Object NameTankard
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 158 × 150 × 115mm
Base (Diameter): 95mm
Base (Diameter): 95mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© the copyright holder
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.43
About MeStoneware beer tankard with green chun (opalescent) glaze over black slip. the tankard is decorated with a sgraffito (scratched) geometric pattern of ovals and crosses within bands of double lines.
Ladi Kwali joined the Abuja Pottery Training Centre in 1954 as its first female potter, initially as a student and then a teacher. She learnt wheel-throwing from Michael Cardew and combined this technique with the indigenous method of coiling clay to build her pots by hand. She was one of the first Nigerian potters to gain an international recognition due to the high quality of her work and her ability to combine successfully traditional techniques and decorative motifs with western studio pottery.
