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Floating Cinerary Jar I

Cinerary Jar
2011-2012 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red stoneware cinerary jar and cover, oxidised Etruria marl. Thrown, cut and reassembled to produce a squared form. The jar sits on a grey wall bracket of Venetian plaster, referred to by the artist as a 'floating ground'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Jar
  • Cover
  • Bracket
Titles
  • Floating Cinerary Jar I (assigned by artist)
  • Floating Cinerary Jar I (assigned by artist)
Brief description
'Floating Cinerary Jar I', stoneware, Venetian plaster, Julian Stair, London, 2011-12
Physical description
Red stoneware cinerary jar and cover, oxidised Etruria marl. Thrown, cut and reassembled to produce a squared form. The jar sits on a grey wall bracket of Venetian plaster, referred to by the artist as a 'floating ground'.
Credit line
Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin
Object history
Shown in the exhibition Julian Stair: Quietus: The vessel, death and the human body, held at mima, Middlesbrough, 13 July - 11 November 2012, and subsequent tour.
Bibliographic reference
James Beighton and Julian Stair (eds.). Julian Stair: Quietus: The vessel, death and the human body. Middlesbrough: mima / Museums & Galleries Middlesbrough, 2012
Collection
Accession number
C.195:1 to 3-2014

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2014
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