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Capricorn, covered box
(1976)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
(a-b) 38.9 × 18.0 × 11.8 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1976
© Lorraine Jenyns

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
(a) painted in brown on inside of lid: J

Accession Number
D97.a-b-1976

Department
Australian Decorative Arts

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Physical description
Box with black glaze, the lid of pyramidal form with a textured, reddish-orange base, the blue glazed-surfaces edged with black. The whole surmounted by a modelled goat in brown matt glaze with lighter-coloured streaked decoration.