19th century glazed French terracotta panel of musicians and children playing.
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c. 1900
Terracotta, ( from the Latin terra cotta), a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous. Its uses include vessels (notably flower pots), water and waste water pipes, bricks, and surface embellishment in building construction, along with panel sculpture and 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 colour, 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.
Height40.50 inch(102.9 cm)
Width37.50 inch(95.2 cm)
Depth6.00 inch(15.2 cm)
Ref No. 6559