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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Details
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
Techniques
Hand-built
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Raku-fired earthenware
Location
on display
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