Wild Flower Jug
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
AssociatedAssociated with
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Date1991
Object NameJug
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationsCeramics
Dimensions7.6 x 5cm
Maximum width: 7.7cm (with handle)
Maximum width: 7.7cm (with handle)
AcquisitionPresented in 2012 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017723
About MeThis small ceramic jug has an inscription in blue: WILD FLOWER,/ N. A WAYSIDE TEXT.Ian Hamilton Finlay sent this jug, a new work, to Joyce Laing, who was recovering from an operation in the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. Parcelled-up in a round plastic box, the jug was packed with moss and filled with wild snowdrops.
Finlay also produced a similar wild flower vase around this time - a small straight-sided vase, cylindrical in form. It exists in at least two versions, with the following inscriptions: 'A field with tares, wildflowers, is more valuable than a field without tares' and 'Virgil Dicovered the Evening. Rousseau Picked the First Wild Flower'.
1850 - 1860
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
