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Ceramic brown on buff glazed dish with fish motif
Ceramic brown on buff glazed dish with fish motif
Object Number 993-24-20/27562
Display Title Ceramic brown on buff glazed dish with fish motif
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic brown on buff glazed dish with fish motif.
Inventory Description Dish, flat base, slightly incurving sides and rim, black on buff painted g
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Michoacan / <County> / Tzintzuntzan
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Patzcuaro, near
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 3.1 x 24.2 x 24 cm (1 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27562
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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