Vessel 90

Title
Vessel 90
Creator
Year/Period
c.2000-2001
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: 44 x 36 x 14 cm
Accession No.
AB2001-00081
Collection of

Born in 1940 in Singapore, Iskandar Jalil is a first generation master-potter with influences from Southeast Asian and Japanese styles. Iskandar was originally trained as a Mathematics and Science teacher. The turning point came for him when the Colombo Plan scholarship enabled him to study ceramic engineering in Japan in 1972, causing him to become a pottery teacher instead. Since 1970s, Iskandar has held exhibitions in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Sweden. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1988.