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Object Number 993-24-20/27507D
Display Title Ceramic cup
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic cup. One of five cups, ceramic polychrome glazed flask w/ brown + blue on grey. bird/ butterfly/floral design. flask has a stopper. a: flask w/ stopper flask signed "paloma/mexico [eye design] " cups signed "mexico" with various designs b-f: cups
Inventory Description Cup, convex base, cylindrical body, polychrome painted biomorphic design
Classification
  • Cup
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Artist Jorge Wilmot Workshop
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / La Paloma
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / Tlaquepaque
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm (3 1/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27507d; Mexico & bird insignia
Credit Line Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket
Provenance
Collector Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)

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