Jar

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Artist:

Peter Brandes

Location:

Yad Vashem
Jerusalem

Size:

5 meter tall and weighs 8 tons

Material:

Stoneware

Date:

1995

Description A giant jar that you might choose to hold flowers if it was not so big
Caption According to the artist the jars symbolize both life and death since they can be used to store food, or used as urns - to store ashes.There are three similar jars in Roskilde described in Graham's Travel Diary:"The Roskilde Jars by Peter Brandes are just outside the railway station. At first the look like they are covered in graffiti, but they are inscribed with the names of all who took part in their production, including the names of all members of Stryhn's Leverpostej, the company that presented the jars to commemorate Roskilde's 1000-year jubilee in 1998"From: gwtraveldiary.blogspot.com/2006/03/vikings.ht...