Melo Amphora -Z2/381 Weight:2700 Height: 38cm

Height: 38cm

Date/Period: 2019

This Impressive Object Showcases the Skull of a Mythical Being

we feel it makes much more sense to reuse the material that has already been created than to extract it –again

creating an interesting play of lines and shapes

Melo Amphora -Z2/381 Weight:2700 Height: 38cmMelo amphora, common name the Diadem volute, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae The maximum shell length of this species is up to 500 mm, usually around 300 mm. This large shell has a bulbous or nearly oval outline. Its columella has three easily distinguishable oblique folds. The aperture is wide and near as long as the shell itself, and there is no operculum. It has a very large, inflated and posteriorly