Wayne Higby (American, born 1943). Bowl, ca. 1980. Earthenware, 3 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (8.3 x 24.8 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Mehlman, 84.278. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.278_bw.jpg)
Wayne Higby (American, born 1943). Bowl, ca. 1980. Earthenware, 3 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (8.3 x 24.8 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Mehlman, 84.278. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.278_mark_bw.jpg)
Bowl
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Earthenware
DATES
ca. 1980
DIMENSIONS
3 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (8.3 x 24.8 x 8.9 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
impressed cypher at edge of foot rim: Wayne Higby's stylized
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
84.278
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Mehlman
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bowl, glazed earthenware. Shallow circular bowl flares outward from unglazed foot. Bowl is glazed, interior and exterior, with cream-colored ground glaze and green spiral motifs. At each green spiral the glaze is cut through with a superimposed spiral to let the red body show through. (Sgrafitto technique).
Condition: Good.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Wayne Higby (American, born 1943). Bowl, ca. 1980. Earthenware, 3 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (8.3 x 24.8 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Mehlman, 84.278. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.278_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 84.278_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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