Slip ware dish with galena glaze

Bernard Leach (1887-1979) was an English potter who met Hamada Shōji and subsequently participated in the Folk Art Movement. Potters of this movement were so attracted to the English slipware daily items made with white slip and decorated with lines that they revived the technique. This dish was made by scratching out horizontal and diagonal lines using a comb-shaped tool before the slip dried to create a pattern resembling feather. The technique of using slip is common in Tamba ware.