Large platter by Karl Martz, 1952.
46 cm (18 inches) in diameter. Red earthenware with colored slips.
(Body cracked during or shortly after firing.)
Exhibitions:
1953, 19th (or 17th?) National Ceramics Exhibition, Syracuse Museum (selected for national circulation, 1953-54).
1959, DePauw Ceramic Show
1959, Michigan State University
1961, One Artist Show, University of Nebraska
1962, Carnegie Institute of Technology "25 Years of Art in Clay -- USA"
1969, National Invitational, Lang Galleries, Scripps College, California

Below: Three enlarged details of the front, and the bottom of the platter.
Detail below is enlarged 1.9 fold.

Detail below is enlarged 1.5 fold.

Detail below is enlarged 1.5 fold.