Ming Bowl in Dogwood White with Blue Accents, 12.25"dia. (Ben Owen III) Midnight Blue Crystalline This well-preserved pie dish represents

This well-preserved pie dish represents a long-standing piece of history in the arts of North Carolina

This line highlights shapes and forms made in a traditional Owen style of the early 1900’s folk pottery of North Carolina as well as influences from Asia

to a variegated pale icy blue to a clear that shows off the light stoneware clay body underneath

The Lily Pad Green Crystalline Glaze series was carefully developed over several years

Ming Bowl in Dogwood White with Blue Accents, 12.25"dia. (Ben Owen III) Midnight Blue Crystalline This well-preserved pie dish representsThis Ming Bowl is a unique style with a wide rim that is influenced by clay forms created during the Ming Dynasties in Chinese culture. The Ming Bowl form has been made for three generations in Ben IIIs family. The thick application of the Dogwood White glaze provides a look of icing on a cake. The scalloped design on the base is influenced by techniques seen in early Chinese glazed pottery during the Song and Tang Dynasties and early Japanese