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Vase zoomorphe, la Tarasque
Zoomorphic jug in the form of a bird, buff-white terracotta, standing on four inverted conical feet, rounded body with wedge-shaped tail and conical neck with spouted pan-shaped rim, curved strap handle; glazed all over in white, the form of a monster (the Tarasque) on the breast painted in black and incised through to the clay, the tail also painted in black with the face, teeth and ears of the Tarasque monster, the ears also incised, the neck painted in iron red as a castellated turret with four alternating arched windows in black and white, each containing a painted and incised soldier holding a spear, alternating in contrasting white and black.
Image: © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2023. / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39003
Creation/Production
PICASSO, Pablo
Madoura Pottery
Date: 1954
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of DWT, 1/3/2008
Purchased with support from The Derek Williams Trust
Measurements
Height (cm): 35.5
Height (in): 14
Length (cm): 29.5
Length (in): 11
Width (cm): 18.5
Width (in): 7
Weight (kg): 3
Techniques
Applied Art
assembled
cut
decoration
forming
glazed
incised
manipulated
painted
wheel-thrown
Material
terracotta
Location
In store
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