Vase

Designer Just Andersen Danish

1930s

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Title: Vase
Designer: Just Andersen (Danish (born Greenland), Qeqertarsuaq 1884–1943 Glostrup, Denmark)
Date: 1930s
Medium: Bronze, dark brown, reddish, and greenish patina
Dimensions: 13 1/2 × Diam. 7 in., 11.2 lb. (34.3 × 17.8 cm, 5.1 kg)
Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1940
Object Number: 40.36
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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