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Ralph Bacerra
Large Bowl1981

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Large ceramic bowl with scalloped white rim, interior densely painted with overlapping fish in patterned and solid colors over a copper-gold ground, exterior with fish silhouettes on white

Ralph Bacerra, Large Bowl, 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ralph Bacerra
Title
Large Bowl
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1981
Medium
Porcelain, underglaze, overglaze painting, lusters, enamels
Dimensions
Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diameter: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.12
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Drexler Lynn, Martha. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and their Work: a catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990.
Copyright
© Estate of Ralph Bacerra

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