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Very rare geometric 'grotesque' face mask by Ron Birks, Newport Pottery, Burslem, England, late 1920s. In excellent condition, no restorations, no damages.
Seen by the handwritten signature on the back this piece has to be one of the earliest of the series grotesque face masks. Clarice Cliff, who apprenticed Ron Birks and is well known for her vivid coloured patterns on these mask, was not yet included n the signature.
Ron Birks is said to have found inspiration for the design in the work of the Dutch Hieronymous Bosch (1450-1516), who's paintings were are often filled with strangely animated objects, bizarre plants and animals, and monstrous, amusing, or diabolical figures. Also a precursor of cartoon/comic drawing.. Which one could say for the design of this grotesque mask as well π
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