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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Avarice

Sculpture
1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Modelled earthenware sculpture with lustre glaze, crushed vessel with frog at mouth. The outside of the vessel is covered with a dark grey-black glaze, while the inside is a lustruous green-blue glaze. The frog has an open mouth bearing teeth and is covered in a lustruous purple-blue glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Avarice (assigned by artist)
  • Seven Deadly Sins (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, modelled, with lustre glaze
Brief description
'Avarice' sculpture, modelled earthenware with lustre glaze, crushed vessel with frog at mouth, by Janice Tchalenko, England, 1993
Physical description
Modelled earthenware sculpture with lustre glaze, crushed vessel with frog at mouth. The outside of the vessel is covered with a dark grey-black glaze, while the inside is a lustruous green-blue glaze. The frog has an open mouth bearing teeth and is covered in a lustruous purple-blue glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.3cm
  • Depth: 18.2cm
Object history
E.364 to 370-1993 were shown in the exhibition 'Seven Deadly Sins' at the V&A, 1993.
Production
The Seven Deadly Sins were produced by Janice Tchalenko in collaboration with Roger Law and Pablo Bach of the Spitting Image workshop, who undertook the direct modelling of the works.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.370-1993

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Record createdMay 20, 2008
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