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Village

Alan, Heaps
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Sculptural piece in the form of a stylised exotic village, red-brown stoneware, standing on a flat-topped rectangular base with curved bottom and edges, the village comprising from left to right a gateway with hinged door, an archway behind entwined with snakes and supporting a linen canopy stretched over a round-ended wooden frame and tied in place by string, to the right a meandering fence leading to a further gateway with steeply stepped roof, behind the fence and in front in a stepped well an elephant, in the gateway to the right a camel; partially covered with a green/blue glaze.


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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 36330

Creation/Production

Alan, Heaps
1941-2016
Role: Production
Role: Maker
Place: Aberbechan, Newtown, Powys
Period: 1982 ca

Measurements

Height (cm): 15.9
Width (cm): 35.7
Depth (cm): 13.5
Height (in): 6
Width (in): 14
Depth (in): 5

Material

Stoneware
Wood
Canvas
String
Metal
Glaze

Location

In store
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Tags


  • Applied Art
  • Camel
  • Ceramics
  • Elephant
  • Fence
  • Fine Art
  • Sculpture
  • Studio Ceramics

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