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Polychrome pitcher painted and glazed decoration on upper half of red pottery.
Polychrome pitcher painted and glazed decoration on upper half of red pottery.
Object Number 990-6-30/11551
Display Title Polychrome pitcher painted and glazed decoration on upper half of red pottery.
Descriptions
Object Description Polychrome pitcher painted and glazed decoration on upper half of red pottery.
Inventory Description Ceramic pitcher, squat rounded base, handle rim to neck, grn and dk brn deco
Classification
  • Pitcher
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Ceramic, Glaze
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 15.3 x 14.9 cm (6 5/16 x 6 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-6-30/11551
Provenance
Collector Eliza Thurston Butts (ca. 1890)
Donor Ellen Frothingham Dunnell (June 12. 1990)

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