Charles Vyse (1882 - 1971) was born in the potteries into a potting family and trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art. His abilities as a sculptor and modeller are evident in his figures which he produced as limited editions from the 1920s and through into the 1950s at his studio in London. He was also an innovative potter and reproduced, through his own experiments, ancient Chinese glazes - the recipes for which had been lost for centuries.
The quality and scarcity of his ceramic figures and pottery make him one of the most sought after ceramic artists of the 20th Century.
This figure of a big cat in a Temmoku glaze brings together his skills as an exceptional sculptor and ceramic glaze alchemist, of extraordinary talent.
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