Prefigure \Pre*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefiguring}.] [F. pr['e]figurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Prefigurate}.] To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. ``Whom all the various types prefigured.'' --South.
Curator Margot Coatts has engaged the services of ceramic technologist Nigel Woods, whose lucid catalogue essay benefits both layman and potter. From the first, Rie was innovative, producing in Vienna unusual mottled glazes that prefigure later work.