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Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) Large Polychrome Ash-glazed Stoneware Vase, dated "1980," a baluster-form vase with overall decoration depicting female nudes by the waterside, playing musical instruments, one dances holding a portrait of the artist, artist signed, philadelphus ash, ht. 19 in.; sold with publications by and about Mellon: Eric James Mellon and Paul Foster Decorating Stoneware Ash Glazes and the Art of the Brush (Chilchester: University of Chilchester, 2007), Eric James Mellon Pages from My Sketchbooks (Chilchester: University of Chilchester, 2011), Musee Ariana (Geneva) Eric James Mellon Development of Glazes, 1951-2012 (Chilchester: University of Chilchester, 2012).