Title: Contemporary terra cotta fish motif panel on black base
Shipping: $29.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
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Condition: Excellent
Item Date: Late 20th century
Item ID: 3373
Lovely terra cotta panel with fish and floral motif on black base. The beautifully carved fish details make this a very nice decorative piece for your home.
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta (Italian: "baked earth",[1] from the Latin terra cocta) is a clay-based unglazed ceramic,[2] although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color[3][4][5][6]. Its uses include vessels, water and waste water pipes and surface embellishment in building construction, along with sculpture such as the Terracotta Army and Greek terracotta figurines. The term is also used to refer to items made out of this material and to its natural, brownish orange color, which varies considerably. In archaeology and art history, "terracotta" is often used of objects not made on a potter's wheel, such as figurines, where objects made on the wheel from the same material, possibly even by the same person, are called pottery; the choice of term depending on the type of object rather than the material.
