Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cinerary Jar on a Floating Ground V

Floating cinerary jar with cover in white, glazed porcelain, the ground formed of a wooden base and back covered with very dark grey Venetian plaster, the jar with a flat unglazed base and broadly triangular cross-section, tapering sides and flat shoulders with circular inset cover, the body has two evenly spaced, concentric, horizontal 'ribs' around its circumference, these have been left in a relatively unfinished state in some areas and small scrpaings of clay are visible, the plaster base is constructed in wood with a layer of Venetian plaster on the visible faces and has a flat platform and perpendicular back.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 39549

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Potter
Role: Production
Role: Maker
Place: London, England
Period: 2011

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of artist, ACE & DWT, 8/7/2014

Measurements

Height (cm): 19.4
Height (in): 7
diam (cm): 19.1
diam (in): 7
Height (cm): 40
Height (in): 16
Depth (cm): 40
Depth (in): 16
Width (cm): 40
Width (in): 16

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Constructed
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Plaster on wooden base

Material

Porcelain
Plaster
Wood

Location

In store
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