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Ten Commandment Pots (King James Version, kitchenware)

POPE, Nicholas

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Group of ten vessel forms, raku-fired earthenware, five of them comprising two elements, each bearing the text of the one of the Ten Commandments from the King James Bible, the size of each vessel determined by the length of the text.

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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39565

Creation/Production

POPE, Nicholas
Date: 1994

Acquisition

Purchase, ass. Colwinston, donors, 4/3/2015
Purchased with assistance from The Colwinston Charitable Trust, Lord & Lady Davies of Abersoch and the New Art Centre

Measurements

Height (cm): 138

Techniques

hand-built
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art

Material

raku-fired earthenware

Location

Front Hall, West Balcony : Case and pedestals

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  • Applied Art
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Artist Ceramics
  • Ceramics
  • Christianity
  • Key Design Elements
  • Pope, Nicholas
  • Religion And Belief
  • Text

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