Stoneware Medium Ovoid Vase with Celadon, Shino and Wood Ash Glazes
MakerMade by
Svend Bayer
(Uganda, born 1946)
StudentTaught by
Michael Cardew
(Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1998
Object NameVase
Mediumstoneware, celadon, shino and wood ash glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 166 × 105mm
Base (Diameter): 78mm
Base (Diameter): 78mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© Svend Bayer
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.264
About MeThis stoneware ovoid vase has a short neck and a slightly flared rim. It has a pale green celadon glaze, brown and black wood ash glaze and orange shino glaze. Svend Bayer often uses this combination of glazes to decorate his work. There is an oval unglazed area on the centre of one side and four small unglazed circles just above the base.
Svend Bayer was an apprentice at Michael Cardew's Wenford Bridge Pottery before travelling widely throughout Japan, Korea and South East Asia, studying wood-fired kilns. In 1975 he established his own pottery at Sheepwash in Devon, making wood-fired stoneware, incorporating local clays.
