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Owl

Woodrow, Sophie

Owl
Image: © Sophie Woodrow/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Figure, zoomorphic, soft-paste porcelain with clear glaze, the head in the form of an owl, the body simple and oval in form, standing on four squat feet; applied stylised feather forms to the shoulders and around the body, the entire body is pierced with small circular piercings in an asymmetric manner, the head and neck has applied overlapping scale-like feathers, the eyes are pierced.


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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39546

Creation/Production

Woodrow, Sophie

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of DWT, 11/4/2014

Measurements

Height (cm): 17.3
Height (in): 6
Width (cm): 7.7
Width (in): 3
Depth (cm): 6.9
Depth (in): 2

Techniques

Hand-built
Forming
Applied Art
Modelled
Forming
Applied Art
Applied
Decoration
Applied Art
Pierced
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

on display

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  • Active In The 21St Century
  • Applied Art
  • Ceramics
  • Owl
  • Representational
  • Studio Ceramics
  • White
  • Woodrow, Sophie

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