Gourd Vase

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Gourd-shaped vase of dark buff clay, decorated in the “bleu-persan” style, with very loose white decoration on a cobalt glue ground. Sponging at top.
Credit Line
Gift of Catharine Oglesby
mid-18th century
Accession Number
1958-119-8
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
vase
Type
vase
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt decoration
Dimensions
H x diam.: 14.5 × 7.4 cm (5 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
made in
Nevers or St. Omer, France
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Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1958-119-8
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4fb13df8c-a089-4de7-89b8-abcdc0f4ab5d
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