Vase
Decorative Arts
On View: Decorative Art, 20th-Century Decorative Arts, 4th Floor
MEDIUM
Porcelain, gilding
DATES
ca. 1885
DIMENSIONS
10 1/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25.6 x 18.7 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
seemingly unmarked
ACCESSION NUMBER
47.30.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Willard C. Brinton
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CAPTION
Ott and Brewer (1871-1893). Vase, ca. 1885. Porcelain, gilding, 10 1/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25.6 x 18.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Willard C. Brinton, 47.30.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.30.3.jpg)
IMAGE
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Broad baluster shape with high shoulder and wide straight neck with gilt rim. White body, but entire exterior with dull pink ground. Applied thick gold paste decoration in various shades with asymmetrical Aesthetic Movement motives including a duck in flight at center on shoulder against gold sponged clouds and below a large plant with curving leaves. Back with similar, but simpler, gold paste vegetal design. Applied large white reticulated handles outlined in gold.
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