Odysseus figure
Vlastimil Květenský, Carlsbad, Bohemia, before 1980
Fired clay, painted with tin and iron glaze.
90 × 65 cm
UMP 23231
A work by a potter from western Bohemia who turned his intense focus and experience towards ceramic surface treatment techniques for his objects. Carrying a poetic message, his works are characterised by alternating colours and structures, matte and gloss, folds and coarseness.