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Axe Vessel

Designer Gordon Baldwin British
1986
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 202

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Axe Vessel
  • Designer: Gordon Baldwin (British, Lincoln 1932–2025)
  • Date: 1986
  • Medium: Earthenware
  • Dimensions: 29 3/8 × 16 3/4 × 7 in., 27.8 lb. (74.6 × 42.5 × 17.8 cm, 12.6 kg)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of Adrian Sassoon, Esq., 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.289
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Gordon Baldwin
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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