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Undulating Vessel
Ceramicist: Hanna, Ashraf
Hand-built raku body clay coated with near-black slip.
Hand built clay vessel, rising from a sharply pointed rectangular base. The sides flat at the base, rising into a softer curving form with a bulge on one side and a large dimple on the other, one slightly lower than the other giving a listing appearance. Undulating rim. Coated with near black slip and finely textured inside and out. Underside flat.
History note: Two vessels purchased from Cavaliero Finn, 4 March 2019
Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the Art Fund
Depth: 20.5 cm
Height: 33 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (2019-07-15) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
Early 21st Century
Production date:
AD 2018
Hanna designs his own white raku body. Containing over 58% molochite and high alumina plastic ball clay, this is medium textured, has very low shrinkage and is highly resistant to thermal shock, warping and cracking. The fine coloured slips are made from ‘terra sigillata’, a refined ball clay.
One of a pair of complementary vessels, one black, one white, by Ashraf Hanna (b. 1967 Egypt) who works in Pembrokeshire. Trained originally in drawing and theatre design, Hanna has worked in clay since 1997 and become known for his refined hand-built ceramics and kiln-cast glass forms. His vessels are often made to complement one another, as here, and feature edges, curves and subtle reflections of light and shade.
Decoration
Hand-building : Hand-built white raku body clay, slip-coated.
Accession number: C.14-2019
Primary reference Number: 227289
Entry form number: 1386
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Undulating Vessel" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/227289 Accessed: 2023-03-22 00:57:19
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Accession Number: E.29.1903
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Accession Number: E.111.1903
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