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Collections

Quentin Bell
Blue Oval Platter1980s

Not on view
Ceramic dish with scalloped turquoise rim and cobalt blue interior, decorated with a painted serpentine sea creature in brown and ivory
Artist or Maker
Quentin Bell
Title
Blue Oval Platter
Place Made
England
Date Made
1980s
Medium
Terracotta, glaze
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 9 in. (29.21 x 52.07 x 22.86 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.15
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.