The Sacred Vessel, a painting by Isabelle Moreau Hamdan: a rounded two-handled jar with three spirals in thick cream line on a sand and mauve-grey textured ground

Paintings / Objects & Fragments

The Sacred Vessel

Isabelle Moreau Hamdan

Medium and support
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
30 × 30 cm

A rounded jar with two handles sits at the centre of the canvas, carrying three spirals across its belly.

The line is thick and raised, almost modelled, over a ground of sand and dusty mauve laid in broad, textured strokes.

The two handles and the three spirals are the only ornament.

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Close-up of the surface of The Sacred Vessel by Isabelle Moreau Hamdan, showing line and texture
The Sacred Vessel by Isabelle Moreau Hamdan, shown in a gold frame on an ivory wall

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