retro work (pre-2010) > Etruscan ash urns (2003)

ash urn #1
ash urn #1
saw dust fired ceramics
2003

Canopic urn representing a female figure and based on an example found at Chiusi, Italy. The heads and faces were intended to revive and give permanence to the physical entity destroyed by cremation. The original is from the 7th century BCE and is made of terracotta.