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It was shown in Leach's Arts Council retrospective in 1961, having been recommended for inclusion by George Wingfield Digby, and was subsequently given to the museum. In a letter to Miss Madeleine Whyte (donor of the bowl) of 14 April 1961, Leach writes of the bowl: 'Yes I still like it: I only did one of that sort.' In &lt;i&gt;A Potter's Work&lt;/i&gt; (1967), pl.26, he describes its decoration as 'the memory of a Korean woman beating her washing in the rocky bed of a stream'. 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London: Thames & Hudson in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023.","id":"AUTH388839"},"details":"no. 535","free":""}],"production":"Pottery: Leach Pottery, St Ives","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>14. Bowl: Korean Washerwoman</b>\r\nMade by Bernard Leach (British, 1887-1979)\r\nLeach Pottery, St Ives, England, about 1931-40\r\nPorcelain with stencilled, incised, and inlaid decoration, and painting in brown\r\nGiven by Miss Madeleine Whyte\r\nCirc.22-1961\r\n\r\nLeach lived in Japan frofrom 1909 to 1920, and on his return to England established the Leach Pottery in St Ives with the Japanese potter Shoji Hamada. He sought to introduce early Chinese and Korean styles and techniques - as this bowl demonstrates - and to revive traditional English wares.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["CIRC.22-1961"],"accessionNumberNum":"22","accessionNumberPrefix":"CIRC","accessionYear":1961,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2026PM7293","2020MP8702"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-18","recordCreationDate":"2000-01-14","availableToBook":false}}