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Vase with cover

ca. 1740
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with cover
  • Manufactory: Ansbach Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory (German, 1758–1860)
  • Artist: Possibly by Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck (German, 1714–1754)
  • Date: ca. 1740
  • Culture: German, Ansbach
  • Medium: Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: H. 13-7/8 in. (35.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.211.189a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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