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American Modern dinnerware, 1937, Russel Wright (American), Glazed earthenware (2002.585.17a–j) |
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Amphoriskos (flask) in the form of a bird-man, late 5th century B.C.; Classical,
Greek, Attic,
Terracotta (1999.68) |
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Animal-headed ewer, 9th–10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Buff earthenware body, underglaze-painted, transparent lead glaze (38.40.247) |
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Arretine cup signed by Tigranes, ca. 25 B.C.–10 A.D.; Augustan, Roman, Terracotta (10.210.37) |
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Basin (Lebrillo) with Lacework Pattern, ca. 1650, Mexican (Puebla), Tin-glazed earthenware decorated in cobalt strapwork with lace patterning in manganese (12.3.1) |
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Basin with a Horseman Spearing a Serpent, 1390–1400, Spanish (Valencia?), Lustered earthenware (41.100.173) |
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Bottle (Refredador), first half of 16th century, Spanish (Valencia), Tin-glazed earthenware with luster decoration (94.4.358) |
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Bottle, Koryô dynasty, 13th century, Korea, Stoneware with inlaid design of chrysanthemums under celadon glaze (27.119.6) |
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Bowl with Fish, 1000s–1200s, Byzantine, Terracotta, white slip, and transparent glaze (2000.322) |
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Bowl with Lizards, 1st–5th century, Costa Rica; El Bosque, Ceramic (1993.79.3) |
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Bowl with three fish, first half of 14th century, Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (59.60) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Earthenware, slip-painted and glazed (65.270.1) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Samarqand, Central Asia, Earthenware, glazed, with slip-painted white engobe (61.144) |
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Bowl, 15th century; Timurid
Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33) |
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Bowl, 9th century; cAbbasid, Iraq, Earthenware, tin-glazed and stained (63.159.4) |
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Bowl, ca. 1000; Fatimid, Egypt, Earthenware, glazed and luster-painted (63.178.1) |
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Bowl, Chosôn dynasty, first half of 16th century, Korean, Stoneware with white slip under punch’ông glaze (1983.557.2) |
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Bowl, Chosôn dynasty, second half of 15th century, Korea, Stoneware with inlaid and stamped decoration of peony leaves and chrysanthemum flowers under punch'ông glaze (2002.132) |
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Bowl, Five Dynasties period, 10th century, Probably the vicinity of Shanglinhu, Zhejiang Province, China, Stoneware with carved and incised design under celadon glaze (Yue ware) (18.56.36) |
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Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Central or northern Iran, Mina'i ware, composite body, opaque white glaze with gilding, overglaze painting (57.36.4) |
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Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Iran, Composite body, overglaze-painted and gilded (51.53) |
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Bowl, late 13th–early 14th century, Iran, Fritware, overglaze painted and gilded (lajvardina) (34.151) |
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Bowl, second half of 15th century; Timurid, Northwestern Iran (17.120.70) |
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Bust of Francis I, 1529, Girolamo della Robbia (Italian), Glazed terracotta (41.100.245) |
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Carved Bowl, 6th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (2000.60) |
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Central watchtower, architectural model, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st–early 3rd century
China, Earthenware with green lead glaze (1984.397ab) |
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Ceramic bowl, 10th century, Iran or Transoxiana, Nishapur or Samarqand, Reddish body, white engobe, underglaze painted and incised, clear colorless glaze (40.170.25) |
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Dish with a handle (tebachi) in the shape of a double fan, Momoyama period, late 16th–early 17th century, Japanese, Stoneware with overglaze enamels (Mino ware, Oribe type) (1975.268.443) |
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Dish with design of peonies, 15th century, Vietnam, Stoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration (1989.157) |
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Dish with Pomona, ca. 1600,
Manner of Bernard Palissy (French),
Lead-glazed earthenware (53.225.60)
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Dish with recumbent elephant surrounded by clouds, 15th–16th century, Vietnam, Stoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration (1998.213) |
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Dish, 14th–mid-16th century, Thailand, Earthenware with underglaze iron-brown decoration (Kalong ware) (1992.72.39) |
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Dish, 18th–19th century, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan), Bukhara, Clay, painted and glazed (1997.312) |
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Dish, 19th century, Joseph-Théodore Deck (French, Earthenware with underglaze and enamel polychrome decoration ("Persian" faience) (1985.225) |
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Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412) |
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Dish, late 12th–early 13th century, Iran, Kashan, Composite body, glazed and luster-painted (1983.247) |
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Dish, Southern Song dynasty, 12th–13th century; Guan ware, From the Hangzhou kilns, Zhejiang Province, China, Porcelaneous stoneware with crackled blue glaze (24.172.1) |
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Ewer and Basin, French, in the manner of Bernard Palissy, after an original pewter set of ca. 1585–90 by François Briot, White earthenware, molded in relief, with colored lead glazes (53.225.29,04.9.20) |
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Ewer in the form of a phoenix, ca. 15th–16th century, Vietnam, Stoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration (1992.72.1) |
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Ewer, Eastern Jin dynasty, second half of 4th century, China, Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware) (1979.353) |
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Ewer, Northern Song dynasty, 11th–12th century; Yaozhou ware, China, Stoneware with incised, carved, and relief decoration under glaze (26.292.73) |
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Figure of Bodhidharma, Ming dynasty, 17th century, China, Porcelain (Dehua ware) (63.176) |
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Flask-Shaped Bottle, Chosôn dynasty, late 15th century, Korean, Stoneware with sgraffito design of flowers under punch’ông glaze (1986.305) |
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Flask, Tang dynasty, ca. 9th century, China, Stoneware with suffused glaze (1972.274) |
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Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, early 1200s, Byzantine; Made possibly in Antioch, Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito (1984.181) |
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Frieze tile with two hunters, ca. 1270–75, Iran (probably Takht-i Sulayman), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (10.9.1) |
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Frieze tile, A.H. [Shawwa] 707/March–April 1308 A.D., Iran (Kashan); Made for the tomb complex of cAbd al-Samad in Natanz, Iran, Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (12.44) |
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Funerary urn (hunping), Western Jin dynasty, ca. 250–300, China, Earthenware with green glaze (1992.165.21) |
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"Gondola" cup with figure personifying a spring, ca. 1620–25; model, ca. 1600–1610,
Probably by Guillaume Dupré (French),
Lead-glazed earthenware (53.225.54)
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Gourd bottle, 2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D.,
Peru; Topará
Ceramic (63.232.55) |
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Horse with Female Rider, Tang dynasty, 7th century, Astana, Turfan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonmous Region, China, Clay, Unfired clay with pigment (51.93ab) |
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Inkwell, ca. 1900,
Maker: Adrien-Pierre Dalpayrat (French)
Glazed earthenware, gilt bronze (1999.398.3) |
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Jar (Tibor) with Decoration of Pendant Garlands, 18th century, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.8) |
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Jar with cover, first half of 18th century, Iran, Ceramic, glazed (30.95.160ab) |
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Jar with Iron Collar (Chocolatero), ca. 1700, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.7) |
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Jar with molded decoration, A.H. 681/1282–83 A.D., Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (56.185.3) |
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Jar, 14th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and black on white slip, transparent glaze (91.1.130) |
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Jar, Six Dynasties (late Northern dynasties period)–Sui dynasty, ca. late 6th century, China, Earthenware with relief decoration under olive-green glaze (1996.15) |
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Jardinière, ca. 1893,
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (French); Clément Massier (French),
Golfe-Juan, France,
Earthenware with metallic glaze (2005.220) |
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Jug, ca. 220–250, Roman, Terracotta (74.51.383) |
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Lantern, late 12th–first half of 13th century, yria (Raqqa), Underglaze-painted composite ceramic body and overglaze luster-painted (91.1.138) |
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Large Bowl with Equestrian Figure, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.68) |
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Large Jar, Chosôn dynasty, second half of 15th century Korean Stoneware with sgrafitto design of peonies under punch’ông glaze (16.122.1) |
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Large jar, late Kofun or Asuka period, 6th–7th century, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze and comb and cord markings (Sue ware) (1975.268.420) |
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"Listening to Waves" vase, Heisei period, 2004,
Sakiyama Takayuki (Japanese),
Sand-glazed stoneware (2004.201) |
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Long-necked bottle, Nara period, 8th century, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze and incised decoration (Sue ware) (1975.268.425) |
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Luster bottle, second half of 17th century, Iran, Earthenware, glazed (30.95.158) |
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Melon-shaped wine ewer, Koryô dynasty, 12th century, Korea, Stoneware with carved and incised design of bamboo under celadon glaze (1996.471) |
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Mosque lamp, first quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Iznik), Composite body, opaque white glaze, underglaze painted (59.69.3) |
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Mosque lamp, late 16th century, Turkey; Iznik, Composite body, painted and glazed (14.40.731) |
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Oil bottle, Koryô dynasty, late 12th century, Korea, Stoneware with reverse inlaid design of peonies under celadon glaze (17.175.9) |
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Pair of Bottles with "Mosque" Motifs, late 18th century, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.44); Covered Soup Bowl (Sopera con tapa), ca. 1808–21, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (17.108.11,.12) |
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Panel of four calligraphic tiles, 14th–early 15th century; Marinid, Morocco, Glazed composite body (1999.146) |
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Panel: striding lion, 604–562 B.C.; Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, Excavated at Wall of Processional Way, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Glazed brick (31.13.2) |
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Phoenix-headed ewer, Tang dynasty, late 7th–first half of 8th century, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (1991.253.4) |
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Pilgrim flask with stopper, 1581,
Antoine Sigalon (French) ,
Tin-glazed earthenware (41.49.9a,b) |
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Pitcher, 1879–82,
Christopher Dresser (British),
Earthenware (1988.423.1) |
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Plate, 10th–11th century, Iran or Afghanistan, Earthenware, incised and glazed (1993.24) |
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Plate, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (18.36) |
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Plate, ca. 1877,
English, Earthenware (1991.110.3) |
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Platter, last quarter of 16th century, School of Bernard Palissy (French), Made in France, Lead-glazed earthenware (53.225.52) |
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Rectangular bottle, Showa period, ca. 1960,
Hamada Shoji (Japanese),
Produced in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture,
Stoneware with underglaze iron decoration (1994.289) |
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Saint-Porchaire ewer, ca. 1530–50, French, White earthenware with inlaid clay decoration under a lead glaze (17.190.1740) |
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Seated luohan, Liao dynasty, ca. 1000, Yixian, Hebei Province, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (21.76) |
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Service plate for the 20th Century Limited train, 1938, Henry Dreyfuss (American), Glazed pottery (2002.585.2) |
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Soup Bowl with Handles (Sopera con asas), ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.51); Large Bowl, ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.54); Footed Bowl with Heads, ca. 1845, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.55) |
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Spout in the shape of a man's head, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Glazed ceramic (56.56) |
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Storage jar (albarello), late 13th–14th century, Iran, Fritware, overglaze painted (lajvardina) (57.61.12a,b) |
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Storage jar, Muromachi period, 14th–15th century; Shigaraki ware, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze (1975.268.428) |
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Tazza, ca. 1550–55, French (Saint-Porchaire), Lead-glazed white earthenware, with inlaid designs in brown clay (17.190.1745a,b) |
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Tea bowl, Song dynasty, 960–1279; Jian ware, Fujian Province, China, Stoneware with hare's-fur glaze (91.1.226) |
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Tile assemblage, first half of 13th century; Seljuq, Anatolia, Composite body, overglaze-painted (1976.245) |
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Tile from a mihrab, A.H. 722/1322–23 A.D., Iran, Fritware, underglaze painted (1983.345) |
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Tile from a squinch, second half of 14th century; Timurid, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Earthenware, glazed (20.120.189) |
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Tile panel, 17th century, Syria, Six ceramic tiles, composite body, painted and glazed (22.185.13) |
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Tile panel, dated 1591–2; Ottoman, Syria, Composite body with underglaze paint (58.90.1a–g) |
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Tile panel, early 14th century (probably 1310), Hasan ibn cAli ibn Ahmad Babavaih
Iran (Kashan), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (09.87) |
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Tile with arabesque decoration, early 15th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Bursa), Carved, glaze-painted, and gilded earthenware (1998.246) |
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Tile, ca. 1270–1280; Ilkhanid, Kashan, Iran, Composite body, molded and overglaze luster-painted (12.49.4) |
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Tile, first half of 15th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body with underglaze paint (x.228.1) |
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Tile, mid-14th century,
Probably Samarqand (present-day Uzbekistan),
Carved and glazed fritware (2006.274) |
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Tile, second half of 15th century; Mamluk, Egypt, Composite body with underglaze paint (67.69.4) |
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Tray, dated 1784, Italian (Pesaro); Made at the Casali and Galigari Factory (59.208.26) |
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Two tiles, second half of 12th–early 13th century, Afghanistan, Earthenware, molded and glazed (1975.193.5,6) |
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Vase with blue glaze in gradated shades, Heisei period, 2001,
Miyashita Zenji (Japanese),
Stoneware with blue glazes (2001.732) |
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Vase, 1898,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American),
Glazed porcelaneous earthenware (51.121.21) |
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Vase, 1899–1900,
Designer: Georges Hoentschel (French); Probable Maker: Emile Grittel (French),
France; Saint-Armand-en-Puisaye,
Glazed stoneware (2007.27) |
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Vase, ca. 1885,
Maker: Olivier de Sorra; Factory: Pierrefonds,
French (Pierrefonds), Stoneware (1991.390.1) |
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Vase, ca. 1899,
Designer: Max Läuger (German); Factory: Kandern Tonwerke,
German (Baden), Earthenware (1991.182.1) |
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Vase, Southern Song dynasty, 12th–13th century; Longquan ware, China, Possibly from the Dayao kilns, Zhejiang Province, Porcelaneous stoneware with relief decoration under celadon glaze (50.145.301) |
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Vessel in the form of an elephant and rider, 14th–mid-16th century, Thailand, Earthenware with underglaze iron-brown decoration (Sawankhalok ware) (1989.238.41) |
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Water jar with spout (vase à bec), 1550–1600,
French; Saintes,
Lead-glazed earthenware (1993.25)
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Wave bowl, ca. 1880,
Formerly attributed to Christopher Dresser (British),
Glazed earthenware (2001.549) |
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Wine ewer, Koryô dynasty, early 12th century, Korea, Stoneware with incised and carved design of geese, waterbirds, and reeds under celadon glaze (27.119.2) |
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Maebyông, Koryô dynasty, late 13th–early 14th century, Korea, Stoneware with inlaid design of cranes and clouds under celadon glaze (27.119.11) |
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