Large vessel, by Mo Abbaro

An image of Studio Ceramics. Large vessel. Abbaro, Mo (b. Sudan, 1935-2016). Large, slightly angular, bulbous jar with narrow base and slim neck, flaring to a wide rim. Exterior covered with wide, gestural, overlapping brush-strokes of coloured slip. Earth colours: pink-brown, brown-black, pale green, dull turquoise. Neck and rim brown-black, with drips of ochre applied to inner neck. Surface has a dull shine. Underside flat and unpainted. Porcelain and ‘T material’, hand-built, painted with coloured slips, biscuit fired to 1200 degrees, sprayed, oxidised at 1280 degrees. Height 39 cm, diameter 36 cm, 1988.

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Studio Ceramics. Large vessel. Abbaro, Mo (b. Sudan, 1935-2016). Large, slightly angular, bulbous jar with narrow base and slim neck, flaring to a wide rim. Exterior covered with wide, gestural, overlapping brush-strokes of coloured slip. Earth colours: pink-brown, brown-black, pale green, dull turquoise. Neck and rim brown-black, with drips of ochre applied to inner neck. Surface has a dull shine. Underside flat and unpainted. Porcelain and ‘T material’, hand-built, painted with coloured slips, biscuit fired to 1200 degrees, sprayed, oxidised at 1280 degrees. Height 39 cm, diameter 36 cm, 1988.

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Accession Number: C.2-2019
© The estate of Mo Abbaro. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 77.23kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2019:03:25 11:08:48

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20th Century bulb bulbous ceramics Fitz_AA hand built hand formed handmade iron Mo Abbaro oxidised porcelain slip slipware studio ceramics Sudanese vessel

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