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Object name(s):
Ceramics; Vase
Brief description:
Large vase in buff stoneware body with distorted and shaped rim; turned and waisted on narrow base. Yellowish green glaze with black and brown area
Collection:
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
Acquisition date:
1977
Acquisition method:
Gift
Dimension:
Diameter
Dimension value:
175
Dimension:
Height
Dimension value:
220
Inscription content:
(Painted mark on base) BI
Material:
Stoneware
Object name:
Ceramics; Vase
Object number:
C975
Object production date:
1975
Date - earliest / single:
1975
Date - latest:
1975
Object production person:
Ilona Benko
Person's association:
Artist/Maker
Person's biographical note:
Ceramicist. She trained in sculpture at the School of Decorative Arts in Budapest. She came to Wales in 1975 to take part in the Cardiff Symposium when a number of pieces were acquired for the collection in Aberystwyth. Her work is Raku fired allowing for irregularities which give the surface a rich and rustic appearance
Person's birth date:
1937
Person's forenames:
Ilona
Person's place of birth:
Hungary, Budapest
Person's surname:
Benko
Object production place:
UK, Wales, Cardiff
Owner:
Cardiff Symposium 1975
Organisation's association:
Object source
Responsible department/section:
Ceramics

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a0f5594f-2bd9-3050-8e5a-2ca28d14ecd6

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a0f5594f-2bd9-3050-8e5a-2ca28d14ecd6, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC

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