Janet Mansfield (Australia), large stoneware vase, ovoid form with lug handles, brown salt glaze and incised decoration, impressed potter's initials to the shoulder, height 46 cm . Provenance: Anneke Borren Collection. Janet Mansfield (1934-2013) was one of Australia's foremost potters .Her considerable contribution to her art has been acknowledged by a number of awards including the Australia Council for the Arts Emeritus award in 1990 and the medal of the Order of Australia in 1987. Mansfield served as editor of the magazine Pottery in Australia from 1976-1989. In 1990 she founded the magazine Ceramics art and perception and in addition was the author of six books on Australian and international ceramics. Her work is represented in most Australian public galleries and internationally in NZ, USA, Japan, UK, Canada, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and China. This fine example of her work was exhibited in Auckland in the mid 1980's and has been retained in Anneke Borren's collection since then.