Acrobats

Manufactory Possibly Le Nove Porcelain Manufactory Italian

ca. 1780

Not on view

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Title: Acrobats
Manufactory: Possibly Le Nove Porcelain Manufactory
Date: ca. 1780
Culture: Italian, Naples
Medium: Creamware
Dimensions: Overall: 8 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (20.3 × 14 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.351
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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