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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17184A | 31-43-317 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Clay bird. (Usually hollow and containing a pebble, to serve as a rattle, but sometimes solid). Many examples. [drawing] | |
| 17605 | 32-40-37 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Moulded. | |
| 18003A | 32-40-28 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded man with kilt advancing right. Head full face. (A) Complete. (B) Upper part to waist only. (C) Upper part to waist only. | |
| 18007 | 32-40-18 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded god, full face. Fragment, from breast upwards. | |
| 18011 | 32-40-15 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded man (?) full face, hands folded below breast: elaborate drapery. Fragment from wiast upward. | |
| 18013 | 32-40-22 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded man, full face, upper part of body nude, carrying a bird between clasped hands. Fragment from waist upwards. | |
| 18021 | 32-40-14 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Relief of demon facing left and holding sticks (?) by head with grotesque features, very small body. Fragment, from waist upwards. | |
| 18026 | 32-40-38 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Puzuzu head. | |
| 18040A | 32-40-31 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude girl standing full face, left hand to breast, right raised to shoulder level. (the body has an almost Praxitelian curve!). (A) Complete, except for the lower leg. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Fragment, from the hips upwards. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 18054 | 32-40-17 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Slender type. Complete. | |
| 18063 | 32-40-23 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female figure, nude, standing full face and holding a tambourine before the breasts. Fragment from waist upwards. | |
| 18066A | 31-43-398 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female figure standing full face, hands clasped, pleated and flounced dress, hair elaborately waved. (A) Fragment from middle thighs upwards. (B) Complete (poor example). | |
| 18086 | 32-40-45 | (none) | (none) | Clay mould. For making figurines. Goddess wearing a flat low headdress. Fragment: only the head and ahoulders left. | |
| 18090 | 32-40-13 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Female figure facing right, in profile: both hands raised. Flat crown on head: straight flounced garment. Fragment: part of head and body below hips missing. | |
| 18138 | 32-40-19 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female figure standing in long plain dress with broad girdle, both hands holding an object to her breast. Complete. | |
| 18206 | 32-40-46 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta mould. For a relief. Standing god, in long robes, holding whip, standing on a beast, perhaps a sirrus. Feet and body of animal broken away. | |
 | 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. |
| 18215 | 33-35-12 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief, back of bedstead with two birds facing each other: below, crosses in circles (fragmentary) | |
| 18247 | 33-35-14 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Of two bearded male figures advancing full face, side by side, holding mace and litnus. In very poor condition. | |
| 18306 | 33-35-15 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Moulded. Light greenish drab clay. Nude female figure with hands on breasts. Head very small and birdlike: hair treated as in archaic Samian statues: hips and thighs grotesquely wide. Completely, but a poor impression from the mould. | |
| 18565 | 33-35-64 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta mould. For making a figurine of a nude standing female figure (entirely encrusted with salt) |
Related Terms
Casting - Modeled - Modeled in the Round - Negative mold - Positive Mold