- Title:
- Female figure
- Object name(s):
- Figure
- Brief description:
- A terracotta female figure with incised details and pellets applied for eyes and ear ornaments. A hollow pedastal also forms the skirt of the figure.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Sculpture
- Credit line:
- A gift from John C. Irwin.
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2021MV9641/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10.7
- Material:
- Clay
- Object history note:
- A gift received from J.C. Irwin
- Object name:
- Figure
- Object number:
- IS.111-1952
- Object production date:
- 1943
- Date - association:
- Made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1943-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1943-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Mymensingh District
- Place association:
- Made
- Physical description:
- A terracotta female figure with incised details and pellets applied for eyes and ear ornaments. A hollow pedastal also forms the skirt of the figure.
- Reproduction number:
- 2021MV9641
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- moulded
- Technique:
- fired
- Technique:
- Terracotta
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.59
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/221eb237-625c-3fe7-a4d8-44e65b3078ef
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/221eb237-625c-3fe7-a4d8-44e65b3078ef, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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