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Sculpture: Housebound 1982

Artwork Sculpture: Housebound this artwork made of Stoneware, modelled and carved in the form of a tortoise with an elaborate house on its back, created in 1982-01-01
Accession No.
4:0909
Date Created
1982
Gallery location
On display in QAG Gallery 17
Department
Contemporary Australian Art
Dimensions A
36.1 x 24.5 x 29cm
Media Category
Ceramic
Medium
Stoneware, modelled and carved in the form of a tortoise with an elaborate house on its back
Credit Line
Purchased 1982

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A ceramic sculpture of a headless, armless figure on a green sofa. Liu Jianhua / China b.1962 / Obsessive memories (detail) 2000 / Porcelain, modelled and with overglaze colours, incised / Purchased 2004. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / © Jianhua Liu

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