Mold Pressed
Technique of creating an object by pressing into a mold
This techniques is the result of pressing moist clay into a hollow container that has been carved or otherwise indented with the shape or image that is desired to be produced;. hand cut, incised and hand modelled additions may be made.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16912 | 31-43-384 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude female figure, hands apparently by sides. (A) Broken off above waist. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16916 | 31-43-418 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Goddess or woman. Nude(?) with hands clasped below breast : on background, crescent moons and stars. A) fragment broken away at waist. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16919 | 31-43-443 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Bearded man standing, full face: right hand to breast, left hand by side: he wears cloak and skirted garment. (poor condition, destroyed by salt.) Fragment, feet missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16922 | (none) | 1931,1010.400 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Moulded and then worked up by hand with extra clay added; nude female figure with left hand holding object to breast, and right hand extended holding a saucer. Fragment only, broken off below waist. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16925 | (none) | 1931,1010.409 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Bearded god with horned headdress and kaukanes, carrying two clubs: upper part of body nude. (A) Fragment broken away at hips; good impression. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16931B | 31-43-408 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Goddess with horned hat and long tresses, draped, hands raised with fingers meeting at neck. (A) Fragment broken off at breast. (B) Fragment broken off at waist. (Type IV, b.1.) | |
| 16936 | 31-43-395 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Draped female figure, standing, with hands to breasts: elaborate coiffure but no head ornaments. (A) complete and in good condition. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16938 | (none) | 1931,1010.426 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Back of bedstead. Horned bull-footed demon grasping a crescent-topped staff, beyond this, a gryphon(?) and a monkey(?). (A) Complete but poor cast. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16939A | 31-43-386 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y | |
| 16939E | (none) | 1931,1010.457 | (none) | Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y | |
 | 16939F | (none) | 1931,1010.443 | (none) | Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y |
| 16941B | 31-43-428 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude female figure, the right arm raised above head. (A) Fragment broken away below breasts; (B) Complete except for feet, but much encrusted with salt. (C) Complete, but most of the body flaked away. Different mould. (Type III, c. GG) | |
| 16942 | 31-43-397 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Draped female figure standing with hands clasped below breasts plain chiton. (A) Broken away above ankles; poor cast and face all gone. [drawing] | |
| 16943A | 31-43-410 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Goddess standing with hands to breast and wearing long flounced dress. Figure grotesquely elongated. (A) Head and feet missing. [drawing] | |
| 16946B | (none) | 1931,1010.436 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Grotesque nude male figure. (A) Fragment from waist downwards. (B) Similar (penis removed); (C) complete example in fine condition. (D) Fragment from waist downwards. [drawing A 1:1] | |
| 16946D | 31-43-429 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Grotesque nude male figure. (A) Fragment from waist downwards. (B) Similar (penis removed); (C) complete example in fine condition. (D) Fragment from waist downwards. [drawing A 1:1] | |
| 16947A | (none) | 1931,1010.387 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Male(?) figure carrying a load of firing(?). (A) Fragment, broken below waist; a good deal defaced. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16949 | 31-43-417 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Goddess with Flounced dress and turret crown. (A) broken away at knees. Very bad condition, (All hidden by salt). [drawing] | |
| 16953A | 31-43-387 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude female figure. With hands clasped below breasts; lines of dots on background. (A) Complete, but in very bad condition, and hidden by salt. | |
| 16962 | (none) | 1931,1010.492 | (none) | Terracotta relief. A mastif: very fine bold work. Feet broken away. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16964 | 31-43-403 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude female with hands to breasts. Grotesque. (A) broken away at thighs. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16965 | 31-43-421 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Horned goddess, draped standing between two geese; streams of water; fish, suns and stars in background. (A) complete and good impression. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16969A | 31-43-409 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Draped female figure (grotesque face) Type III, e.2 (or variant of this type?) (A) Broken away at waist. | |
| 16973 | (none) | 1931,1010.459 | (none) | Terracotta relief of a woman seated rt and working with a distaff(?) Very much rubbed impression. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16974 | 31-43-657 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief of a woman, draped, advancing left with rt arm extended. (A) fragment: right hand and all figure below hips missing. Type XIII.5 |
Related Terms
Casting - Modeled - Modeled in the Round - Negative mold - Positive Mold