- Title:
- 'Circular Leaf Form'
- Object name(s):
- Ceramics; Spherical form with opening
- Brief description:
- Slab folded and layered spherical piece with open area and serrated and shaped overlapping edges. Covered in matt cream glaze. Interior raw slabs glazed with black iron oxide glaze
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1977
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension value:
- 360
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 340
- Material:
- Stoneware
- Object name:
- Ceramics; Spherical form with opening
- Object number:
- C978
- 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/f0be0c29-8c24-31ff-9c20-4b6b02fa94a5
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f0be0c29-8c24-31ff-9c20-4b6b02fa94a5, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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