Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924-2018). Studio ceramic pottery lipped platter. Stoneware with a tan matte glaze with brown speckles. A nine-sided form sits just inside the larger round platter. Incised with curved slashes along the face of the plate. Marked along the footrim. With a round metal plate adhered along the underside reading “CEE 20 Years.” Warren MacKenzie was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.

Height: 2 1/4 in x diameter: 13 3/4 in.