Two Faces of January Tray/ Platter
Large rectangular tray/platter hand rolled, cut and shaped from black stoneware clay.
The decoration (painted with glaze and oxides) depicts an interpretation of the Roman god Janus, where the word January derives. Janus is said to have two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward, which is symbolic of looking both to the future and the past.
To the ancient Romans, Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions, and thereby associated with gates, doors, and passageways, as well as war and peace, exchanges, travel, endings and time.
Dimensions: 43cm x 31cm
Large rectangular tray/platter hand rolled, cut and shaped from black stoneware clay.
The decoration (painted with glaze and oxides) depicts an interpretation of the Roman god Janus, where the word January derives. Janus is said to have two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward, which is symbolic of looking both to the future and the past.
To the ancient Romans, Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions, and thereby associated with gates, doors, and passageways, as well as war and peace, exchanges, travel, endings and time.
Dimensions: 43cm x 31cm
Large rectangular tray/platter hand rolled, cut and shaped from black stoneware clay.
The decoration (painted with glaze and oxides) depicts an interpretation of the Roman god Janus, where the word January derives. Janus is said to have two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward, which is symbolic of looking both to the future and the past.
To the ancient Romans, Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions, and thereby associated with gates, doors, and passageways, as well as war and peace, exchanges, travel, endings and time.
Dimensions: 43cm x 31cm
