Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Animal figure
Figure of a leopard, white earthenware with a crackled glaze, standing on a roughly oval plinth with a waved front. Leopard with a yellow coat painted with black spots and circles, white feet, chest, underbelly and around front of head, pink muzzle, black whiskers and claws, red lips and numerous teeth. Walking with ears pricked and tail curled under, on a blue/green rocky base with two clumps of green and orange extruded grass near front feet, supported under belly.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32552
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1865-1875
Acquisition
Bequest, 12/1/1995
Measurements
Height
(cm): 18.8
Length
(cm): 20
Width
(cm): 7.5
Height
(in): 7
Length
(in): 7
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
shredded
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
Clore Discovery Centre
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