{"product_id":"large-sculptural-bernard-rooke-studio-pottery-vase","title":"Large Sculptural Bernard Rooke Studio Pottery Vase","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"314\"\u003eBernard Rooke never really made polite ceramics. His pots tend to look as though they’ve been unearthed rather than simply thrown — a little ancient, a little architectural, and entirely uninterested in behaving like ordinary pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"683\"\u003eThis is one of his more sculptural pieces. Broad and disc-like in silhouette, it has real presence, with a generous width that makes it read almost like a ceramic plaque with a vessel built into it. A small collar at the top takes stems, while the wide face becomes a canvas for Rooke’s unmistakable language of carved decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"962\"\u003eAcross the surface run concentric medallions, spirals and geometric relief motifs pressed deep into the clay. They feel vaguely archaeological — somewhere between sun symbols and mechanical cogs — a sort of imagined antiquity that Rooke returned to again and again in his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"1333\"\u003eThe glaze is classic Rooke: sandy ochre layered with iron-rich rust tones, with mossy green creeping across the shoulders and sides. Because the decoration is so deeply carved, the glaze pools and breaks across the surface, leaving shadows in the recesses and a wonderful sense of depth. It’s the kind of pot that shifts character slightly as the light moves across it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1634\"\u003eRooke was one of the more distinctive voices in British studio pottery during the mid-twentieth century, developing a visual language that sat somewhere between brutalism, folk symbolism and architectural relief. Pieces like this feel less like simple vessels and more like small ceramic sculptures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1728\"\u003eA couple of stems work nicely — but truthfully it holds its own perfectly well without them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"fykqkn\" data-start=\"1735\" data-end=\"1745\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1918\"\u003e• Bernard Rooke studio pottery vase\u003cbr data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"1785\"\u003e• England, circa 1960s–70s\u003cbr data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"1814\"\u003e• Hand-built earthenware with carved relief decoration\u003cbr data-start=\"1868\" data-end=\"1871\"\u003e• Ochre and iron red glaze with green accents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1934\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1934\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"1992\"\u003e• Height: 25.5 cm\u003cbr data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"1956\"\u003e• Width: 24.5 cm\u003cbr data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"1975\"\u003e• Depth: 5.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"o5d9eh\" data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2010\"\u003eDelivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2012\" data-end=\"2141\"\u003eQualifies as a smaller item. UK delivery via insured courier\/FedEx at checkout; international shipping available—ask for a quote.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disjecta Membra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452738912590,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/6201\/6078\/files\/IMG_0004_1_3e11a689-4952-4b46-a7b7-bad37df7a647.jpg?v=1773127296","url":"https:\/\/disjecta.co.uk\/products\/large-sculptural-bernard-rooke-studio-pottery-vase","provider":"Disjecta Membra","version":"1.0","type":"link"}