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Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pair of vases
Object Number:
X.89ab
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 7 x 7 in. ( 45.7 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Identical square paneled vases with beveled edges; angular baluster shape with flaring rim; each panel is decorated with a single figure beneath a long inscription in black characters; the border decoration is composed of red fruits, flowers, and green leaves; all decoration is done in enamel underglaze; inside of neck covered in robin's-egg blue glaze.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
