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Amroth

Woodrow, Sophie

Amroth
Image: © Sophie Woodrow/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Figure, humanoid/anthropomorphic female form, white soft-paste porcelain with a clear glaze, some areas unglazed, hand-modelled and standing on four squat legs, undulating lower body rising to sloping shoulders, the form is overall of a undulating conical shape, simple stylised face with pierced eyes, the arms resting by the sides of the breats and over the stomach with hands overlapping; the figure has applied grog/encrustations applied to the hairline and top of the head, flowing down the body in broad, undulating stripes, unglazed, hand-modelled flowers of varying sizes applied over the body.


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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39542

Creation/Production

Woodrow, Sophie

Acquisition

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

Measurements

Height (cm): 38.4
Height (in): 15
Width (cm): 12.5
Width (in): 5
Depth (cm): 14
Depth (in): 5

Techniques

Hand-built
Forming
Applied Art
Modelled
Forming
Applied Art
Applied
Decoration
Applied Art
Encrusted
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
  • Female Figure
  • Representational
  • Studio Ceramics
  • Woodrow, Sophie

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