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Vase

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MEDIUM Glazed Earthenware
DATES 1872
DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 x 5 in. (19.1 x 14.3 x 12.7 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS On underside, molded diamond mark (registered design) with year 1872 indicated by "I". Near rim, impressed: "1392" and illegible other marks.
ACCESSION NUMBER 1999.152.244
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Yellow bamboo stalk vase on wider dark green circular base decorated with green leaves and two playing monkeys, with brown bodies and white faces. The upper-positioned monkey with it's proper left hand holds the tail of the lower monkey, who is holding a coconut in its proper left hand. Interior and underside glazed blue. Interior of foot glazed with pink rim.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Minton (founded 1793). Vase, 1872. Glazed Earthenware, 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 x 5 in. (19.1 x 14.3 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.244. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.244_mark.jpg)
IMAGE mark, CUR.1999.152.244_mark.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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Minton (founded 1793). <em>Vase</em>, 1872. Glazed Earthenware, 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 x 5 in. (19.1 x 14.3 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.244. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.244_mark.jpg)