Collection Online

Venus
1981

Medium
stoneware

Measurements
42.7 × 37.7 × 36.9 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1986
© David Potter Estate

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
incised in base: D Potter / 1981
painted in black on base: 55

Accession Number
D170-1986

Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture

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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.