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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Chinese
| | Title: | One of a pair of miniature porcelain vases
| | Date Made: | 19th century
| | Type: | Container
| | Materials: | Ceramic; porcelain (sang-de-beouf)
| | Place Made: | Asia; China
| | Measurements: | overall: 5 1/4 x 2/3 in.; 13.335 x 1.6934 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1984.18.10a
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Weston P. and Rebecca Partridge Figgins (Class of 1940), in honor of her class.
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Long neck, pear-shaped body and a ring base. Exterior of base is covered with sang-de-boeuf glaze. Interior bears traces of the red glaze but is mainly egg-shell white. Rim of neck is egg-shell white with traces of red.
Tags:
pottery; vessels; containers Subjects:
Porcelain; Containers; Pottery Link to share this object record:
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