MARYLYN HYDE Post-War British Ceramic Sculptural Stoneware Pottery Vessel
Striking British studio stoneware pottery sculptural vessel by Marylyn Hyde, dating from the late 1970s to early 1980s.
This monumental stoneware jardiniere is formed as a fragmented medieval or mythological head, rendered with a distinctly brutalist sensibility.
The asymmetrical “broken” crown edge and deeply modelled facial planes lend the work a mythologycal archaeological presence. The heavily grogged hand-thrown stoneware, richly layered turquoise, verdigris and iron oxide glazes evoke weathered bronze or excavated antiquity.
The dramatic treatment of the hair, flowing in thick organic strands around the vessel form, demonstrates Hyde’s highly individual visual language.
On the reverse, the vase is heavily incised with inscriptions and poetic text, reinforcing the deeply personal and sculptural nature of the piece, most likely a commissioned work.
An exceptional and atmospheric piece of post-Leach British studio ceramics, equally compelling as sculpture, vessel or interior statement object.
Signed “Marylyn Hyde”.
