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Necked Vessel (uphiso)
Necked Vessel (uphiso)

Necked Vessel (uphiso)

Artist Clive Sithole South African, born 1971, Soweto, active in Durban
Date2007
Associated withAfrica
MediumEarthenware, hand-built, burnished, and reduction fired
DimensionsHeight: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Diameter (rim): 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Circumference (at widest point): 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Dr. Elizabeth Perrill
Object number2019.5.2
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceThe artist, Durban, South Africa; sold to Dr. Elizabeth Perrill, Greensboro, NC, 2007; given to NCMA, 2019.
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