Vintage studio pottery bowl made by Marc Hansen, one of the leading studio pottery artists in the 1950s and 60s. It probably dates to the 1950s, is signed MH on the bottom. This bowl has an incredible blue and white glaze with a very modern abstract design going around it in black. It is in very good condition with no cracks - I noticed what may be a tiny bit of wear around the bottom / base (not in the glazed area), but this is probably just the nature of the clay - I would not consider this damage, but please see the last photo. It measures just under 5.5" in diameter and 3.75" tall.
Marc Hansen was a studen of Herbert Sanders and is considered the father of Crystalline glazes. He was also the Professor of Ceramics at the University of Western Michigan. He exhibited at the Syracuse Ceramic Nationals 1950s-1960s. Hansen's work appears in "Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook" by Glenn C. Nelson, (2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th eds.; Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers 1950s-1990s). Exhibited at The Art Insititue of Chicago: "Ceramics by Marc Hansen, Earl Hooks, and Tomiya Matsuda" Mar.18-May 14, 1967.
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