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Five Set Conversation Pieces

Artist: Christine Borland (born 1965)

Location: Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums

Date: 1998

Materials: hand painted bone china and perspex

Dimensions: Each: 36 x 31 x 36cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £6,060 (Total: £21,841)

Vendor: Sean Kelly Gallery

Review number: 4902 (2001)

Provenance:
Sean Kelly Gallery from the artist.

Description:
A conceptual work made of porcelain containing bone ash. They are based on Oriental patterns adapted from traditional 19th Century English tableware but in place of the delicate cups and saucers are five skulls placed within five pelvises, laid out in a line of wall-mounted perspex boxes.

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