Near the sculpture made of clay (7)
I believe the answer is:
earthen
'made of clay' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'near the sculpture' is the wordplay.
'sculpture' indicates anagramming the letters.
'near'+'the'='nearthe'
'nearthe' with letters rearranged gives 'EARTHEN'.
(Other definitions for earthen that I've seen before include "Made of baked clay, perhaps ware" , "from the ground" , "of the soil" , "Made of baked or fired clay" , "Like many pots" .)