Ming Bowl in Dogwood White with Blue Accents, 12.25"dia. (Ben Owen III) Midnight Blue Crystalline The Lily Pad Green Crystalline

The Lily Pad Green Crystalline Glaze series was carefully developed over several years

This piece is hand-signed by Ben Owen III with year made (1999)

Each candle has a burn time of 70 hours and is naturally smokeless and dripless

This well-preserved pie dish represents a long-standing piece of history in the arts of North Carolina

to a variegated pale icy blue to a clear that shows off the light stoneware clay body underneath

Ming Bowl in Dogwood White with Blue Accents, 12.25"dia. (Ben Owen III) Midnight Blue Crystalline The Lily Pad Green CrystallineThis Ming Bowl is a unique style with a wide rim that is influenced by clay forms created during the Ming Dynasties in Chinese culture. The Ming Bowl form has been made for three generations in Ben IIIs family. The thick application of the Dogwood White glaze provides a look of icing on a cake. The scalloped design on the base is influenced by techniques seen in early Chinese glazed pottery during the Song and Tang Dynasties and early Japanese