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Venus
 1981

Medium
stoneware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1986
© David Potter Estate
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
stoneware
Measurements
42.7 × 37.7 × 36.9 cm
Inscription
incised in base: D Potter / 1981
painted in black on base: 55
Accession Number
D170-1986
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1986
© David Potter Estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Inverted piriform vessel with emphatic irregular thrown ridges running across vertical lobes, the irregular mouth framed by a short inward-sloping neck, decorated in matt blues and browns using barium based glaze with sprayed decoration.

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