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Potter: Odundo, Magdalene
Terracotta, handbuilt (coiled), burnished and reduced black in firing. The jar is globular with a short neck and slightly everted rim.
History note: Queensbury Hunt, 24 Brook Mews North, London, W.2
Purchased with the J.R.V. Smyth Fund and a grant from the Eastern Arts Association
Height: 27.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1986-06-09) by Queensbury Hunt
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
circa
AD 1983
: according to the vendor, the pot was made shortly after Odundo left the Royal College of Art where she studied from 1979-82
Coiling
: Earthenware, coiled, burnished, and fired
Burnishing
Firing (heating)
Accession number: C.7-1986
Primary reference Number: 75916
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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