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Cinerary Jar on a Floating Ground IV

Stair, Julian

Ashok Specialists Venetian Plaster Finishes

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Floating cinerary jar with cover in orange-brown Etruria marl with visible inclusions, unglazed, the ground formed of a wooden base and back covered with buff-coloured Venetian plaster, the jar with a flat base and oval cross-section, tapering sides and flat shoulders with circular inset cover, the body has two evenly spaced, concentric, horizontal 'ribs' around its circumference, these have been left in a relatively unfinished state in some areas and small scrpaings of clay are visible, the plaster base is constructed in wood with a layer of Venetian plaster on the visible faces and has a flat platform and perpendicular back.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39551

Creation/Production

Stair, Julian
Ashok Specialists Venetian Plaster Finishes
Date: 2011

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of artist, ACE & DWT, 8/7/2014
Purchased with support from the artist, Arts Council of England and The Derek Williams Trust

Measurements

Height (cm): 20.8
Height (in): 8
diam (cm): 19
diam (in): 7
Height (cm): 40
Height (in): 16
Width (cm): 40
Width (in): 16
Depth (cm): 40
Depth (in): 16

Techniques

wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
constructed
plaster and wood

Material

Etruria marl
wood
plaster

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Applied Art
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Ceramics
  • Communities And Society
  • Death
  • Stair, Julian
  • Studio Ceramics

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