Lot #44 - Stephen Bowers (b.1954) - Cockatoo Charger 1982
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Emporium | July
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Sale Date:12 Jul 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST)
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Lot #:44
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Lot Description:Stephen Bowers (b.1954) - Cockatoo Charger 1982
Earthenware, high fired, chrome oxide mix decoration
H 6.5 cm, Dia 46.3 cm
Initialled & dated to base -
References:http://robingibson.net/artists/stephen-bowers
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Notes:The artist notes: "This was made at the old Jam Factory on Payneham Road. I threw a lot of plates on the wheel around that time & was firing to high fire in the big gas kilns there to stone ware & porcelain temperatures - usting detailed eastern oriental patterning & other references with cartouches or reserves of 'cockatoos' included. The oxide (pigment) used was a mixture of chrome & one or two other ingredients. That (This) piece is striving for painted decorative detail at a time when this was very improper - most pots being undecorated 'brown & round' at the time. For what is its worth, that piece is a very good illustration of the development off my work at that time, exploring as it does our place/connection/relationship with Asia - particularly China & Japan with oriental patterning juxtaposed along side vernacular images of 'Australiana' - a cultural mash-up no less." Stephen Bowers, January 2020
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Estimate:A$3,000 - 5,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Ceramics & Porcelain
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