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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6280 | (none) | (none) | B16257 | Terracotta figurine. Fragmentary lower half only. Male figure in relief, profile. Wearing long flowing garment fringed. Tassel hangs down left side. 3rd Dynasty? E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6750 | (none) | 1927,0527.225 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Fragmentary. Head missing. Seated god. Full face above waist, in profile below. Right arm bent at elbow, piece of cloth? Hangs down over bare forearm, right hand holds crescent shaped object and a bag against the breast. Left arm bent at elbow and held away from the body. Left hand held upright, fingers missing. Figure is draped in a kaukanes skirt falling in 5 tiers of flounces. Arms bare, flowing beard falls down to chest. The feet of the figure, long and tapering to a point very distinctly arched, rest on paving. Throne on which figure is resting has two legs and a support in the middle. Low curved back to chair. E. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 7062 | (none) | (none) | B16259 | Terracotta figurine. Fragmentary. Heads missing. 2 nude wrestlers, males, arms locked round waists, right foot of one figure crosses left foot of the other. E [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3013 | (none) | 1927,1003.170 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Fragmentary. Presumably fish-god, bearing mace in left hand. One leg exposed. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 7570 | (none) | (none) | B17209 | Terracotta figurine. Grotesque. Missing below waist. Bearded male figure wearing fringed turbine wound round head in tiers? and supporting vertically against the body two ceremonial litni which rest on either shoulder, curved tops reaching top of head. 2 incisions around each litnus at the top in the straight portion. Nose thick and shapeless. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 11407 | (none) | 1928,1010.814 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Head only: moulded. Nude goddess with elaborated coiffure and big earrings. Unusually good modelling. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2991 | (none) | 1927,1003.166 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Male with headgear, in profile: stick in left hand. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 18005B | (none) | 1935,0113.86 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Man advancing right and carrying a flail over his right shoulder. (A) Complete. (B) Head and shoulders only. | |
| 16461 | 31-43-435 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Figurine. Moulded and then partly hand-modeled. Bearded and horned god. [drawing] | |
| 1204 | (none) | 1924,0920.77 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Moulded, (very high relief.) [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17605 | 32-40-37 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Moulded. | |
| 12785 | (none) | 1928,1010.815 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Moulded. Female figure, full face, nude, hands clasped below breasts. Hair dressed with vertical lines to to forehead and heave back full with horizontal waves. Good model. Broken off at hips. | |
| 646 | (none) | (none) | B14996 | Terracotta figurine. moulded. fr. of. Complete from waist upwards, female figure, nude, hands clasped below breasts. 2 broad necklaces, hair waved heavily over ears but above covered with linen(?) headdress forming broad band over brow and bow-like loops behind. unusually fine +detailed work. | |
| 18301 | (none) | 1933,1013.188 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Moulded. Upper half of greenish drab clay. Bearded god, draped, with horned crown, hands in front of body holding maces (?) Kassite (?). Flaccid work. Broken off just above the knees. | |
| 7107 | (none) | (none) | B16255 | Terracotta Figurine. Naked female, hands clasped against waist. Common type. [drawing 1:1] E | |
| 18783 | 35-1-104 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female figure standing full face. The hair dressed in 5 outstanding curls, hands clasped over breasts: heavy multiple necklace and girdle and a shawl(?) which passes over the upper arms. Common type. | |
| 6837 | (none) | 1927,0527.228 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female hands clasped below breast. Common type. E. | |
 | 18035 | (none) | 1932,1008.247 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female holding tambourine to breast. Gross type but not the most exaggerated. Complete except for legs below knees. |
| 18048A | 32-40-33 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped the hair dressed in a heavy rather Egyptian style. (A) Fragment, from clasped hands upwards (background removed). (B) Fragment (background left on) = from belly upwards: much worn. | |
| 18047A | 32-40-34 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh. | |
| 18047B | (none) | 1932,1008.238 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh. | |
| 18052 | 32-40-12 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Hair elaborately dressed, big earrings and necklaces. Complete from knees upwards. | |
| 18051 | 32-40-20 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Head unduly large, body thick and heavy: hair dressed in Egyptian style. Complete from knees upwards. | |
| 18054 | 32-40-17 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Slender type. Complete. | |
| 3076 | (none) | 1927,1003.163 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female with elaborately dressed hair, head and torso only. [drawing 1:1] |
Related Terms
Casting - Modeled - Modeled in the Round - Negative mold - Positive Mold