id: 133785 accession number: 1956.388 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.388 updated: 2022-01-04 15:57:25.156000 Bowl, c 1956. Thom Starer (Swedish, active Stockholm ?). Glazed ceramic; diameter: 5.1 x 21.3 cm (2 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund 1956.388 title: Bowl title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c 1956 creation date earliest: 1956 creation date latest: 1956 current location: creditline: The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund copyright: --- culture: Sweden, 20th century technique: glazed ceramic department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Thom Starer (Swedish, active Stockholm ?) - artist --- measurements: Diameter: 5.1 x 21.3 cm (2 x 8 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Purchased from Elizabeth Hanna Imports. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This bowl features several swirling geometric motifs, reminiscent of ceramics thrown on a potter’s wheel. digital description: Ceramics with blue glazes, such as this bowl, were especially popular in Sweden in the 1950s and 1960s. The same palette can be seen in textiles of the period as well. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES