AN AUSTRALIAN HANDCRAFTED CERAMIC LIDDED BOX BY PETER MINKO, CIRCULAR SHAPE WITH DOMED COVER AND ROUND FINIAL, THE BASE AND TOP HAND...

Description: AN AUSTRALIAN HANDCRAFTED CERAMIC LIDDED BOX BY PETER MINKO, CIRCULAR SHAPE WITH DOMED COVER AND ROUND FINIAL, THE BASE AND TOP HAND-PAINTED WITH METALLIC OXIDES AND FIRED A THIRD TIME WITH APPLIED GOLD FEATURING FLORAL AND FOLIATE DESIGN, HEIGHT 12 CM, DIAMETER 10CM, SIGNED AND DATED 1993

Condition:

Condition: THE BODY AND BASE RING SOUND WHEN TAPPED; COLOURS AND GILDING IN GOOD ORDER; NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR RESTORATIONS

Peter Minko is a ceramic artist based in Bendigo, Victoria, who makes hand-thrown works using a fine porcelain body burnished, bisque-fired, hand-painted with metallic oxides and sometimes fired a third time to apply gold or platinum to the design.

He began potting in 1977 and has built a strong reputation as a porcelain artist, with work being commissioned by the Federal Government for official presentations and his designs being used by Australian Fine China for a range of dinnerware.

His marks vary, is a painted "PMinko Bendigo" or a "PMinko Bendigo Australia".
The decorations are inspired by Australian landscape as well as the flora.

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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.