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The Simon Manchester Collection of Len Castle Ceramics — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:143
Sale Title:The Simon Manchester Collection of Len Castle CeramicsLots with images:143
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:141
Date:25-Feb-2016
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Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, in white earthenware with the image of two humanoid figures to the well in white on a grey ground, circa mid-1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, with two centipede figures in black on a yellow ground, mid 1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, in earthenware with two abstract figures in dark green on a green background, circa mid-1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, in earthenware with two animal figures to the well in white on a green ground, circa mid-1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, decorated with a fish motif in white on an orange ground, mid-1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed earthenware pin dish, with Carnival glaze effect in white and blue on a brown ground, mid 1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, with a school of fish to the well in white on a blue ground, mid 1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed earthenware bowl, with Carnival glaze effect to the well in blue and yellow on a white ground, 1998. This is one of a number of different retro pieces Len Castle did in in 1998 to commemorate 50 years working as a potter, C mark, diameter 14 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed earthenware pin dish, with the image of a lobster in white with coloured highlights on a brown ground, rare example mid 1950s, diameter 10 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware blossom vase, with tenmoku glaze with jun glaze to the shoulders and neck. This example is the last one of these made in June 1995 by special order for the vendor, LC mark, height 57 cm
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Len Castle, red inverted Volcano, moulded earthenware with grey stained exterior and cadmium/selenium red lava glaze interior. Early version of this style 1995, LC mark, width 86 cm
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Len Castle, rare inverted Volcano, with turquoise/blue interior, moulded earthenware with grey stained exterior. One of two ever made with this particular glaze, LC mark, width 86 cm
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Len Castle, small crater lake bowl, white earthenware with grey stained exterior and blue glazed well. Rare smaller version of this classic form, LC mark, diameter 23 cm
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Len Castle, red lava crater lake bowl, the large deep bowl with red cadmium selenium lava glaze pooling to the well, C. 2000, LC mark, diameter 39 cm
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Len Castle, earthenware press moulded bowl, with grey stained exterior and sculptured cavetto and rich turquoise well, 1995. Made for the vendor by special order, LC mark, diameter 48 cm
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Len Castle, press moulded rectangular stoneware platter, with impressed motifs to the well in olive green ash glaze, late 1960s, C mark, length 43 cm
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Len Castle, early ovoid lamp base, with scored line and circles in brown treacle glaze, circa 1959, C mark, height 29 cm
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Len Castle, early squat hexagonal vase, with flared rim in rich tenmoku glaze, circa 1958, C mark, height 17 cm
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Len Castle, large flagon with strap handle, in rich tessha style glaze, circa 1955, C mark, height 30 cm
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Len Castle, 'Helen Mason' vase, 1958, Triparte vase with cylindrical base and ovoid centre section and conical neck in oatmeal grey glaze with brown motif to the centre, height 27 cm, Used on the poster to advertise the New Zealand Studio potters 2nd annual show. Refer NZSP 10 years of pottery in New Zealand by Helen Mason 1968.
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Len Castle, crumb Brickworks ovoid vase, with mid brown manganese slip and salt glaze. Glazed at the crumb Brickworks, circa 1950, C mark, height 22 cm
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Len Castle, crumb Brickworks squat ovoid vase, with mid brown manganese slip and salt glaze. Glazed at the crumb brickworks, circa 1954, Castellated mark, height 16 cm, illustrated Cone ten Down: the Studio movement in New Zealand pottery 1945-1980 by Moyra Elliot and Damian Skinner, 2010, page 42.
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Len Castle, crumb Brickworks stoneware vase, tall cylindrical form with rich golden brown slip. Glazed at the crumb Brickworks, circa 1951, C mark, height 28 cm. Provenance: from the collection of Nancy Beck, purchased at the Albany village Potters Collectable show in 1996 with Len Castle. Illustrated: Making the Molecules dance: Len Castle Ceramics a retrospective exhibition 1947-1994, page 130.
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Len Castle, crumb Brickworks flared bowl, with a narrow foot in the song style with rutile glaze effects to the well and salt glaze, circa 1950, C mark, diameter 19 cm
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Len Castle, slip trailed bowl, with crab motif in white, 1955, C mark, diameter 23 cm, This bowl was in the first ever craft show in a public gallery in 1955 with Isle von Randow and Len Castle at the Auckland city Art gallery. Illustrated: Making the Molecules dance, page 108.
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Len Castle, rare St Ives stoneware plate, with quince blossom motif on a blue/ grey ground, St Ives mark, diameter 20 cm, note: This plate was made at Bernard Leach's St Ives pottery in England on Len Castle's visit there 1956/7 and is the first recorded use of what would become a signature quince blossom motif. Provenance: Len Castle gift to Ruth Castle and then the vendor. A similar plate held at the Otago Museum, refer Cone 10 Down, page 72.
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Len Castle, rare salt glazed bowl, with poured glaze bands. Westmere kiln, 1954, diameter 23 cm
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Len Castle, Volcanic crucible pouring vessel, with grey attained exterior and cadmium/selenium lava glaze to the well, circa 1993, LC mark, diameter 39 cm, applied cloth label to the base no 117 from the 1994 LC retrospective 'Making the Molecules dance'.
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Len Castle, a unique alkaline pool bowl, of white earthenware with scored well, richly glazed in turquoise, circa 1995, LC mark, diameter 40 cm
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Len Castle, early hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with Crown neck, circa 1960s, LC mark, length 40 cm
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Len Castle, hanging form, of abstract shape in dark ochre wash, heavily ribbed and finned, circa 1980s, LC mark, length 26 cm
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Len Castle, early hanging bottle form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with panels of small impressed koru motifs, circa 1960s, LC mark, length 32 cm
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Len Castle, tall hanging bottle form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with heavily scored centre section, circa 1990s, LC mark, length 46 cm
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Len Castle, double necked hanging bottle form, in oxide washed stoneware with blue glazed interior, circa 1990, length 38 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection.
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Len Castle, Discoid hanging form, with burnt umber wash, circa 1960s, length 35 cm. Provenance: Purchased with Len Castle at the Albany village Potters Collectible show in 1996. Ex the Nancy Beck collection.
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Len Castle, hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware, heavily horizontally ribbed with blue interior, circa 1990, LC mark, length 20 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection.
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Len Castle, massive hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with blue interior glaze, circa 1990, LC mark, length 33 cm
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Len Castle, hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with abstract ribbed pattern, circa 1985, LC mark, length 28 cm. Illustrated: ceramic form by Peter Lane (1988), page 149 and Making the Molecules dance, page 54.
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Len Castle, hanging form of heart shape, in iron oxide washed stoneware, circa 1990s, LC mark, length 26 cm. Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection.
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Len Castle, Sulphurous bowl, of hemispherical form with vivid crackled glaze effects to the well, circa 2010, LC mark, diameter 45 cm
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Len Castle, Rockpool bowl, hand formed and press moulded entitled 'The Rockpool' in grey stained earthenware with blue glaze to the well, 2004, LC mark, diameter 40 cm. Illustrated: Making the Molecules dance: Len Castle Ceramics a retrospective exhibition 1947-1994, page 84 and 85.
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Len Castle, large black mirror glaze bowl, with jun and rutile glaze effects in a radiating pattern to the well, 1990s, LC mark, diameter 39 cm
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Len Castle, large tenmoku glazed bowl, with rutile speckled well, circa 1990s, LC mark, diameter 36 cm
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Len Castle, large and impressive discoid vase, in iron oxide washed stoneware with three rope impressions to each side, circa 1970, C mark, height 45 cm
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Len Castle, bottle vase, in the Japanese manner with tenmoku glaze and wax resist quince blossom motifs on a pearlescent brown ground, circa 1980, C mark, height 30 cm. Illustrated: craft New Zealand, Doreen Blumhardt and Brian brake, 1981, page 247 and Len Castle Potter, Ron sang, 2002, page 120.
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, in green and brown ash glaze with wax resist quince blossom motif, circa 1980s, diameter 28 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, in green and brown ash glazes with wax resist quince blossom motif, circa 1960s, C mark, diameter 35 cm
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Len Castle, early stoneware bowl, in oatmeal and brown glazes with quince blossom motif, 1980s, diameter 30 cm
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Len Castle, early bowl, in tenmoku and jun glazes with quince blossom wax resist motif, 1970s, C mark, diameter 17 cm
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Len Castle, small brown glazed bowl, with wax resist quince blossom motif, circa 1970s, C mark, diameter 17 cm
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Len Castle, a pair of black mirror glazed bowls, with 'Soapflake' glaze effect to the well, 1990s, LC mark, diameter 20 cm
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Len Castle, Discoid hanging form, in iron oxide with scored turtleback design, circa 1980s, LC mark, length 35 cm
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Len Castle, Discoid hanging form, in iron oxide, washed stoneware with ochre staining, circa 1980s, LC mark, length 33 cm
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Len Castle, hanging bottle form, in iron oxide washed stoneware, circa 1980s, length 56 cm
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Len Castle, hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with impressed motifs, circa 1980s, length 56 cm. These motifs were used widely by Len Castle and are based on a Kanji symbol that Castle saw in Japan on the eves of farmhouses, the symbol meaning to protect from fire. This symbol is not based on a collaboration with Schoon as commonly supposed.
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Len Castle, winged hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with double aperture, circa 1990s, LC mark, width 35 cm
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Len Castle, Discoid hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with fine vertical ribbing and flax cord, circa 1980s, diameter 20 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection in 1996.
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Len Castle, hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware of 'Heart' shape, circa 1990, LC mark, length 27 cm. Illustrated: New Zealand Potter, volume 35, number 1, page 20. From the exhibition the Restless earth Moves Me at the Rotorua Bathhouse Museum.
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Len Castle, small discoid hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with fine vertical ribbing, circa 1990, diameter 15 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection.
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Len Castle, small discoid hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware, circa 1970s, LC mark, diameter 17 cm. Provenance: Martin Hill collection.
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Len Castle, hanging form, of rectangular ribbed stoneware, oxide washed with blue interior glaze, circa 1990, width 22 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection.
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Len Castle, ovoid hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with heavy horizontal ribbing and blue interior, circa 1990s, LC mark, length 27 cm
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Len Castle, red Volcanic series bowl, of small size with red and white glaze effects from multiple firings, 1990s, LC mark, diameter 20 cm
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Len Castle, unique Volcanic series bowl, in turquoise and red glazes with heavily pitted well from multiple firings, 1990s, LC mark, diameter 23 cm
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Len Castle, blue orb vase, in rich blue barium glaze with turquoise highlights, circa 1990s, LC mark, height 13 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware trinket box, in oxide washed porcelain with double ended face motifs, 1970s, C mark, length 11 cm. A very rare form, Len Castle recalled making only three examples.
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Len Castle, trio of joined pots, in colonial shino glaze, circa 1970s, C mark, diameter 14 cm
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Len Castle, Volcanic series bowl, with jun and rutile glaze effects, 1996, LC mark, diameter 20 cm
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Len Castle, Volcanic series bowl, with jun and rutile glaze effects from multiple firings on a tenmoku ground, 1990s, LC mark, diameter 21 cm
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Len Castle, black stoneware bowl, with pooled green and turquoise glazes to the well, early 1990s, LC mark, diameter 21 cm. Provenance: from the Restless earth Moves Me exhibition at Rotorua Bathhouse Museum, 1992. a similar bowl illustrated in Len Castle Potter by Ron sang, page 145.
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, in tenmoku glazed stoneware with incised rim and jun glaze effects to the well, 1980s, C mark, diameter 28 cm
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Len Castle, black mirror glaze bowl, with jun glaze effects to the well, circa 1980s, LC mark, diameter 25 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, in tenmoku glaze with red volcanic glaze effects to the well, 1980s, LC mark, diameter 26 cm
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Len Castle, large impressive stoneware bowl, with black mirror glaze entitled 'The Encroachment', 1990s, LC mark, diameter 35 cm
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Len Castle, large rectangular slab vase, in heavy colonial shino and feldspathic glazes, circa 1990, LC mark, height 35 cm
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Len Castle, an impressive earthbook, in grey stained stoneware, circa 1998, LC mark, width 33 cm. One of the first earthbooks made, this example has an impression of the potters hand/fist on the rear.
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, in tenmoku glaze with vibrant red, purple and blue glazes to the well, circa 1980s, LC mark, diameter 35 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, in tenmoku glaze with crackle glaze to the well with lilac highlights, circa 1980s, LC mark, diameter 34 cm
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Len Castle, large pouring bowl, in colonial shino glaze, circa 1990s, LC mark, diameter 30 cm
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Len Castle, large green stoneware bowl, in green ash glaze pooling to the well with Ishihaze quartz pebble effect, circa 1970s, C mark, diameter 38 cm
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Len Castle, large shino crackle glaze bowl, with notched rim, 1990s, LC mark, diameter 37 cm
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Len Castle, early rectangular platter, with stippled well in treacle glaze with pooled blue glass glaze, 1960s, C mark, length 35 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware flagon, with four necks in pale green ash glaze, circa 1960s, C mark, height 24 cm
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Len Castle, conical fossil form, in grey stained white earthenware representing a 42 million year old form, circa 2000, LC mark, diameter 24 cm. The lot comes with two of the actual fossils, provided by the artist that the work is based on.
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Len Castle, ceremonial pouring vessel, in stoneware with a saturated iron underglaze and a grey semi matt talc overglaze, circa 1970s, C mark, height 25 cm
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Len Castle, large tenmoku pouring vessel, richly glazed in tenmoku, circa 1970s, C mark, diameter 30 cm
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Len Castle, mountain range sedge grass holder, in oxide washed stoneware, early 1960s, C mark, length 30 cm. Illustrated: Cone ten Down by Moyra Elliot and Damian Skinner, 2010, page 127.
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Len Castle, large stoneware flagon, with triple strap handle and rope effect patterning, ash glaze body and oxide wash base, early 1960s, C mark, height 35 cm
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Len Castle, large ovoid flagon, with strap handle in dark ash glaze with tea dust effect, early 1960s, C mark, height 33 cm
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Len Castle, large mountain scape bowl, with scored rim in tenmoku glaze with feldspathic semi matt overglaze in bands to the well, circa 1970, unusual early 1970s mark.
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Len Castle, large gourd form bottle vase, with gnarled rim and scored sides in heavy feldspathic matt white glaze with blue and brown highlights, mid 1960s, C mark, diameter 41 cm. Refer Len Castle Potter, page 36.
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Len Castle, large jug, with saturated iron underglaze and grey flecked semi matt talc overglaze, circa 1970s, C mark, height 35 cm
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Len Castle, large bowl, in tenmoku with jun style glaze in vivid blues to the well, circa 1980s, C mark, diameter 41 cm
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Len Castle, small discoid vase, with three rope impressions to each face and iron oxide washed in rich brown, c1960s, C mark, height 33 cm
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Len Castle, large discoid hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with heavily scored front face, circa 1960s, C mark, diameter 37 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with semi matt pale blue glaze, circa 1980s, LC mark, diameter 37 cm
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Len Castle, large rectangular platter, in stoneware with a stippled well and various impressions around the inner rim, tenmoku glaze with green/blue ash overglaze, 1980s, length 40 cm
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Len Castle, large rectangular platter, in stoneware with ash glaze in blue/green and a series of stamped motifs to the well, length 40 cm. The symbols are based on the fire safety kanji Len Castle saw on Japanese farm houses under the eaves on his trip there in 1966/67.
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Len Castle, large rectangular platter, with textured clay inclusion to the well and pie crust rim, brown and tan through to black ash glazes, early 1960s, C mark, length 44 cm
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Len Castle, rectangular stoneware platter, with 'Tipped in' textured clay inclusion to the well, pale green ash glaze and oxide wash, circa early 1960s, C mark, length 44 cm
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