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This canopic vase in black basalt has been painted with special encaustic enamels. In ancient Egypt a canopic lidded vase was intended to hold the internal organs, or viscera, of the deceased. Here the Etruria factory has produced an interpretation of the canopic vase without the lid, although the shape itself has been faithfully reproduced. Wedgwood drew on a number of archaeological publications for both the design and decoration of his ornamental basalt wares, and a list of 'Books belonging to W & B the 10th August 1770' includes a mention of Bernard de Montfaucon’s 'L’Antiquité Expliquée'.","physicalDescription":"Black ceramic ornament with painted red Egyptian-style decorations, in the shape of an Egyptian canopic jar with a moulded Pharaoh's head at the top and pseudo-hieroglyphic painting on the bulbous body and striped red border on the rim of the flared base.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Josiah Wedgwood and Sons","id":"A1450"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28674"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"black basalt","id":"x30176"}],"techniques":[{"text":"moulded","id":"x30076"},{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Enamel and slip paint on a stoneware body","categories":[{"text":"V&A Wedgwood Collection","id":"THES276060"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"WED","id":"THES270009"},"images":["2022NC5377","2022NC5378","2022NC5379","2022NE2792","2022NE2787","2022NE2788","2022NE2789","2022NE2790","2022NE2791"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"WDG1","id":"THES264736"},"free":"","case":"CA18","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"ornament","id":"AAT56258"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Etruria (Stoke-on-Trent)","id":"x33200"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1790","earliest":"1790-01-01","latest":"1790-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"V&A Wedgwood Collection. 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However, as the purpose of the illustrated vessel was not understood, Wedgwood manufactured the jar in one piece, thus reducing it to an ornament.\nThe piece  formerly belonged to Wedgwood's friend, the physician and poet Erasmus Darwin.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Ornament in the shape of an Egyptian canopic jar, black basalt with encaustic painting, factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Staffordshire, 1790","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"WDG1/CA18","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[{"text":"Egypt","id":"x29512"}],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Erasmus Darwin","id":"N16146"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["WE.7807-2014"],"accessionNumberNum":"7807","accessionNumberPrefix":"WE","accessionYear":2014,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Wedgwood Museum Accession Number","id":"THES269972"},"number":"4900"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2022NG0899"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-06","recordCreationDate":"2021-10-01","availableToBook":false}}