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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1758 | (none) | 1924,0920.84 | (none) | Relief. Light drab clay. Moulded. Female(?) figure seated left; long robe to feet; hgih horned (?) headdress; from the shoulders rise rays or wings represented by 3 strokes. | |
| 1757 | (none) | 1924,0920.69 | (none) | Relief. Light red clay. Moulded. Female figure seated figure right: intact from same mould as U.1375. | |
| 1756 | (none) | 1924,0920.75 | (none) | Relief. Moulded clay. Grotesque male figure, full face: Bes-like head, right arm raised, left to breast, body nude, large genital organs, bowl legs. Feet together. | |
| 1630 | (none) | 1924,0920.382 | (none) | Relief. On the back of a broken chair. Drab clay; moulded. 2 figures (nude) with high headdresses, standing side beside. Round them birds. | |
| 1216 | (none) | (none) | B15636 | Small terracotta moulded relief, the lower end bent forward. Female figure possibly goddess, with elaborate headdress, wearing long flounced robe, hands clasped at waist. [drawing] | |
| 1724 | (none) | (none) | B15645 | Standing bearded god. P. | |
| 8556 | (none) | (none) | B17205 | Terra cotta relief A god, head full face, body profile left, seated on a ram. Flat rimmed cap, beard elaborately curled: right hand extended open, left holding whip: long open cloak to ankles. Fine example. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16346 | (none) | 1931,1010.512 | (none) | Terracotta Bed. 4 legs. Criss-cross pattern showing string of bed. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 6869 | (none) | 1927,0527.242 | (none) | Terracotta chair? Fragment. Decorated with dogs and crescent moons. E. | |
| 3162E | (none) | 1935,0113.55 | (none) | Terracotta chariot wheels. | |
| 1024 | (none) | (none) | B15194 | Terracotta figure. Fr. of. Moulded, and finished by hand. Head and shoulders of a duck. Reddish clay. | |
| 12782 | 31-16-772 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figure. Moulded. Female, hands clasped, full face, seated, wearing horned cap and dress of pleated flounces to feet. | |
| 1023 | (none) | (none) | B15190 | Terracotta figure. Moulded. Fragment lower part only of seated female figure with very full flounced skirt and rosettes in relief on bodice: hands clasped below breasts. Support behind. Greenish white clay. | |
| 645 | (none) | (none) | B15191 | Terracotta figurine (fr. of) moulded. Seated on a chair, a female figure wearing a dress from neck to ankles + with full sleeves. The bodice treated in narrow pleats, the skirt in 5 flounces of close pleating, border of smocking (?) round neck. Hands clasped in front of body, head missing. The chair +drapery make a solid front: behind project two stumps to make the relief stand up. [drawing] | |
| 3221 | (none) | 1935,0113.56 | (none) | Terracotta figurine fragment. Bearded male, nude, with club in right hand and bird in left. Lower part of beard and torso only. Cf. U.3165 for type.(U.3165 is a figurine.) [Additional replacement card | |
| 3200 | (none) | 1927,0527.234 | (none) | Terracotta figurine fragment. Drab ware: made goddess with horn and stars. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17104A | (none) | 1931,1010.444 | (none) | Terracotta figurine made from a two-piece mould, front and back = the two have not met and the result is two relifs separated by rough clay. Female figure, standing with right hand to breast and left arm at side. (A) Complete down to knees but left side of face chipped off. Back view is curiously [illegible, looks like chinese or chenise or chevise]. [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 18211A | 33-35-11 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine moulded in the round coarse late work and a very flaccid impression. (A) Broken in half. (B) Intact. |
| 18136 | (none) | 1932,1008.235 | (none) | Terracotta figurine of nude female standing and holding her hands on above the other before her breast. Complete. | |
| 18062 | (none) | 1935,0113.837 | (none) | Terracotta figurine, ? Nude, standing full face and holding tambourine before breasts. Heavy coiled earrings. Fragment from waist upwards. | |
| 13506 | 33-35-44 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded male figure carrying a monkey on his shoulders. Monkey, head and arms of man in profile, torso of man full face. Arms bent at elbow, forearm parallel with ground. In his left hand the man holds a rope which is attached to the monkey's neck. Figure missing below waist but probably the man was leading a second monkey. Example is of importance chronologically for it was found in the Larsa filling and against the inner face of the SE wall of the Nebuchadnezzar Temenos. The rubbish stratum is well dated to the _Larsa_ Period. It seems therefore that this figure is also represented on the Asshur-Nasir-Pal reliefs was already in the Assyrian period a cult object of a considerable antiquity and was not simply (as formerly supposed) a man leading in tribute to the king. Common type. | |
| 15735 | (none) | 1935,0113.76 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded deity wearing horned headdress, long lock of hair ending in a curl over the shoulder, beard descending to waist , and supporting a mace against each shoulder. Missing below waist. | |
| 15712 | 31-16-776 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded deity, tall and slim, peg-shaped below waist, naturalistic above. Wearing long coat covering one arm and leaving the other exposed. On either side two long snakes. Heads level with head of figure. | |
| 15755 | (none) | 1935,0113.83 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded deity. Fragment. Grotesque head, pellet eyes. Long beard flowing onto chest. Circular opening-work pendants round forehead(?) High headdress. Top of head missing. Lower portion of arms missing. | |
| 16472 | (none) | 1931,1010.383 | (none) | Terracotta Figurine. Bearded Man. (A) Broken off at waist. [drawing 1:1] |
Related Terms
Casting - Modeled - Modeled in the Round - Negative mold - Positive Mold